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It is Genocide:  Omer Bartov Interview
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It is Genocide: Omer Bartov Interview

Fariba Amini

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Fariba Amini writes: Omer Bartov recently wrote an Op-ed piece in the New York Times in which […]

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

07/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

07/30/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Pakistan Moves 20,000 Troops to Indian Border; Gilani Pledges no First Strike

Pakistan Moves 20,000 Troops to Indian Border; Gilani Pledges no First Strike

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pledged no first strike against India on Friday, but said his country was ready to defend itself. Gilani’s statement […]

Juan Cole

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Purohit: "Why Solving Pakistan is the Pivot for Obama’s South Asian Security Strategy"

Purohit: "Why Solving Pakistan is the Pivot for Obama’s South Asian Security Strategy"

Raj Purohit writes in a guest op-ed for IC: In the space of 10 days, two terrorist actions in South Asia highlighted why President-elect Obama’s […]

Juan Cole

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Little Town of Bethlehem is Littler Now

Little Town of Bethlehem is Littler Now

Even Santa Claus is protesting the walling off of Bethlehem. Some 15 percent of the 10 million Palestinians is Christian, and they are after all […]

Juan Cole

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Drug Smuggling and Narco-Terrorism in Iraq

Drug Smuggling and Narco-Terrorism in Iraq

Iraq’s parliament accepted the resignation of speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani on Tuesday, and then promptly voted on a bill that provides a legal framework for 4000 […]

Juan Cole

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US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

Reuters reports: ‘”The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq’s western Anbar […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US

Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US

A team of biologists at Lebanese American University estimates that 1 in 17 persons around the Mediterranean carries genetic markers distinctive to the ancient Phoenician […]

Juan Cole

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Muntazar to be Tried this Week; To Sue Security for Torture

Muntazar to be Tried this Week; To Sue Security for Torture

The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi for assaulting W. with a shoe will begin later this week in Baghdad. Al-Zaidi, who became a hero […]

Juan Cole

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Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"

Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"

I was in Long Beach,Ca. on Saturday for the annual conference of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, where Pastor Rick Warren and I were both […]

Juan Cole

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Ghoul’s Glossary: Shoewhack

Ghoul’s Glossary: Shoewhack

Shoewhack (v.) To assault someone with footwear in such a way as to humiliate that individual, especially at a moment of supposed triumph or obvious […]

Juan Cole

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