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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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Saudi Op-Ed Welcomes Obama to the Middle East

Saudi Op-Ed Welcomes Obama to the Middle East

The USG Open Source Center translates an op-ed by Abd-al-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Shaykh welcoming president Obama to Saudi Arabia: Excerpts: Saudi Writer Hopes Obamas Visit […]

Juan Cole

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40 Taliban Killed in Waziristan; Iran Protests to Pakistan on Mosque Bombing

40 Taliban Killed in Waziristan; Iran Protests to Pakistan on Mosque Bombing

The Pakistani military claims to have completely taken over the city of Mingora, the largest in Swat, and says that the campaign in Malakand Division […]

Juan Cole

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Trying it on for size. Provided free by this site. The Web is a moving target. My old template started displaying oddly to some people, […]

Juan Cole

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US Soldier Killed Near Mosul; Maliki Gives up on Saudis

US Soldier Killed Near Mosul; Maliki Gives up on Saudis

An Iraqi guerrilla killed a US soldier with a grenade near Mosul on Friday, bringing the May total for deaths of US military personnel to […]

Juan Cole

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Army Takes Peochar

Army Takes Peochar

The Pakistani military claims to have taken the village of Peochar and to have cleared it of militants. It was the headquarters of Mulla Fazlullah, […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings in Peshawar Kill 12;

Bombings in Peshawar Kill 12;

The Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan took further revenge on Thursday for the military campaign launched against it by the Pakistani military in the Swat Valley, by […]

Juan Cole

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Gingrich, Sotomayor and Hunting Giraffes

Gingrich, Sotomayor and Hunting Giraffes

Republican poobah Newt Gingrich has lambasted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a ‘racist’ because she implied that a Latina woman could empathize with certain […]

Juan Cole

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US Soldier Killed; Abu Ghraib Photos show Rape

US Soldier Killed; Abu Ghraib Photos show Rape

Iraqi guerrillas deployed a roadside bomb to kill a US soldier in Baghdad on Wednesday. Guerrillas have killed at least 20 US troops in May, […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Taliban Claim Lahore Bombing; ISI Possible Target

Pakistani Taliban Claim Lahore Bombing; ISI Possible Target

The death toll in the Lahore bombing on Wednesday was announced to be 26, with 250 wounded. Aljazeera English suggests that an Inter-Services Intelligence building […]

Juan Cole

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