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Libyan Gov’t Decries Fake News about Taking 1 mn. Palestinian Refugees: “Committed to the Palestinian Cause”
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Libyan Gov’t Decries Fake News about Taking 1 mn. Palestinian Refugees: “Committed to the Palestinian Cause”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi-based Erem News reports that the Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli, […]

A New Aid Regime for Gaza: Humanitarian Facade, Military Core

A New Aid Regime for Gaza: Humanitarian Facade, Military Core

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For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him

For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him

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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Diyala; Turks bomb Iraq again

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Diyala; Turks bomb Iraq again

A female suicide bomber killed 8 Iraqis in Diyala province on Thursday, including the head of a local Awakening Council. Turkey bombed 13 targets in […]

Juan Cole

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Obama ist ein Berliner

Obama ist ein Berliner

Obama addresses a crowd of 200,000 in Berlin. Some were shouting in English, “Yes we can!” Text transcript here.

Juan Cole

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CBS Edits McCain Whopper out of Broadcast

CBS Edits McCain Whopper out of Broadcast

Keith Olbermann and Jedreport clear up the gaffe that John McCain made about the history of the surge and examine the Orwellian editing techniques of […]

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Iraq
A Social History of the Surge

A Social History of the Surge

I want to weigh in as a social historian of Iraq on the controversy over whether the “surge” “worked.” The NYT notes: ‘Mr. McCain bristled […]

Juan Cole

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Bhasin: John McCain and Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy Choices: Different Bottles, Same Wine

Bhasin: John McCain and Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy Choices: Different Bottles, Same Wine

Madhavi Bhasin writes in an IC Guest Editorial: The race to elect the successor to President George W. Bush is attracting more attention from across […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: Obama is Wrong on Afghanistan

Cole in Salon: Obama is Wrong on Afghanistan

My Salon column, , “Obama is saying the Wrong things about Afghanistan,” , is now available online. Excerpt: ‘ The governor of the North-West Frontier […]

Juan Cole

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Passage of Electoral Provision Likely will Delay Elections

Passage of Electoral Provision Likely will Delay Elections

It is not looking good for the holding of provincial elections in Iraq this year. First the high electoral commission warned that if enabling legislation […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Troop Agreement Misses Deadline; Provincial Law Misses Deadline; Bombings in Mosul, Diyala, Fallujah

Troop Agreement Misses Deadline; Provincial Law Misses Deadline; Bombings in Mosul, Diyala, Fallujah

First there was going to be a status of forces agreement between the US and Iraq, which would be ratified by the Iraqi parliament and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Obama in Iraq; Der Spiegel Proves al-Maliki Story Correct; Series of Bombings hit Baghdad

Obama in Iraq; Der Spiegel Proves al-Maliki Story Correct; Series of Bombings hit Baghdad

Senator Barack Obama is in Iraq for consultations with American military commanders and Iraqi leaders. Despite all the talk about Iraq being “calm,” I’d like […]

Juan Cole

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