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Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials
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Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday slapped personal sanctions on United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca […]

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

07/12/2025 By The Conversation

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

07/12/2025 By Medea Benjamin

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Shoe-Thrower had been Traumatized by US Aerial Bombings

Shoe-Thrower had been Traumatized by US Aerial Bombings

Iraqi journalist Muntazir al-Zaidi, who threw the shoes at Bush in Baghdad, shouted “Killer of Iraqis, killer of children.” while security guards piled on him. […]

Juan Cole

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Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes

Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes

A journalist, Muntazir al-Zaidi of Baghdadiya Television, aimed two shoes at W. during a news conference in Baghdad during which Bush attempted to justify his […]

Juan Cole

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Odierno: Thousands of US Troops will Remain in Cities

Odierno: Thousands of US Troops will Remain in Cities

Gen. Ray Odierno said Saturday in Baghdad that non-combat US troops would remain inside Iraqi cities after June 30, 2009, in a training and mentoring […]

Juan Cole

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Repubs waste $50 bn. in Iraq, but stiff Detroit

Repubs waste $50 bn. in Iraq, but stiff Detroit

You know how the Republicans in the Senate refused to spend $30 billion to bring the US auto industry back from the brink? It turns […]

Juan Cole

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Dabbagh: Some US Troops likely to be Needed for a Decade

Dabbagh: Some US Troops likely to be Needed for a Decade

Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh, who is visiting Washington, DC, said Friday that “We do understand that the Iraqi military is not going to get […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing in Kirkuk Kills 55; Did it Target Talabani?

Bombing in Kirkuk Kills 55; Did it Target Talabani?

A massive suicide bombing at a restaurant just north of Kirkuk killed 55 persons and wounded 120 on Thursday. The restaurant was the site of […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld, Bush, Implicated in Torture by US Senate

Rumsfeld, Bush, Implicated in Torture by US Senate

It is official. According to a bipartisan Senate report, then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush bear responsibility for the torture […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: The Challenge of Pakistan for Obama

Cole in Salon: The Challenge of Pakistan for Obama

My column is out at Salon.com: “Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge? The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to “stamp out” […]

Juan Cole

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UNO: Lashkar Close to al-Qaeda, active in Europe, Iraq, Saudia

UNO: Lashkar Close to al-Qaeda, active in Europe, Iraq, Saudia

McClatchy has gained access to a confidential United Nations document on the Lashkar-e Tayiba, the Pakistan-based terrorist group suspected of being behind the attack on […]

Juan Cole

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