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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability
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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability

Juan Cole

The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

01/23/2026 By The Conversation

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

01/23/2026 By William D. Hartung

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OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence

OSC: Candidate For Governor of Ninawa Says Political Tactics Can Resolve Violence

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in a Qatari newspaper with the incoming Sunni Arab governor of the northern Ninevah (Ninawa, Mosul) Province, […]

Juan Cole

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Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam

Obama: The US is not, and Never will be, at War with Islam

President Barack Obama conducted a state visit of the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday, visiting the mausoleum of the Republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Attaturk […]

Juan Cole

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6 Coordinated Bombings Rip through Shiite Baghdad; 34 Dead, over 100 Wounded

6 Coordinated Bombings Rip through Shiite Baghdad; 34 Dead, over 100 Wounded

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that guerrillas set off six coordinated bombs in Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing 34 and wounding over 100, and […]

Juan Cole

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Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU

Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU

Barack Obama continues to shake up the world with his new ideas, demonstrating himself again among the more creative and bold leaders the world has […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on C-Span 2 re: Engaging the Muslim World

Cole on C-Span 2 re: Engaging the Muslim World

My talk at the New America Foundation on the need for a new Western relationship with the Muslim world, in connection with my new book, […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey Relents on Rasmussen; NATO Sends only 3000 Troops to Afghanistan

Turkey Relents on Rasmussen; NATO Sends only 3000 Troops to Afghanistan

Turkey relented on Saturday and agreed to allow Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, to become head of NATO if a Turkish assistant was […]

Juan Cole

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Silverman: "The Sons of Iraq and Iraqi Politics"

Silverman: "The Sons of Iraq and Iraqi Politics"

Adam L. Silverman writes in a guest editorial for IC: On 1 April 2009 Juan Cole briefly wrote about the events surrounding the arrest of […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey Blocks Rasmussen at NATO

Turkey Blocks Rasmussen at NATO

The NATO summit is off to a shaky start. It was supposed to elect a new leader, and the Obama administration backed Danish Prime Minister […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq

Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq

1. Exaggerating the threat. An Afghan army foot patrol was attacked by guerrillas in Helmand Province on Wednesday, according to AP. US and Afghan soldiers […]

Juan Cole

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