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Stephen Colbert and I:  The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship
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Stephen Colbert and I: The Tightening of Right-Wing Censorship

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Paramount Global corporation has fired late night comedian Stephen Colbert even though Colbert dominated his time spot. Paramount owns […]

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

Turkey becomes the First to Censor Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok

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Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

Green Energy and protecting Nature get the Thumbs up in Climate Change study in 68 Countries

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CTC West Point: Al-Qa’idah’s Road in and Out of Iraq

CTC West Point: Al-Qa’idah’s Road in and Out of Iraq

[pdf]: The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point has an important new publication: Bombers, Bank Accounts and Bleedouts: Al-Qa’idah’s Road in and Out of Iraq. […]

Juan Cole

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Asbahi Resignation and Islamophobia

Asbahi Resignation and Islamophobia

Kudos to Jake Tapper for pointing out that Mazen Asbahi, the coordinator for Muslim affairs of the Obama campaign until he stepped down after 10 […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament Adjourns with No Provincial Election Law; Arab Tribes Threaten Violence

Parliament Adjourns with No Provincial Election Law; Arab Tribes Threaten Violence

The Iraqi parliament proved unable to pass a provincial elections law on Wednesday despite a marathon 4-hour extraordinary session. They adjourned for the rest of […]

Juan Cole

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The Scam of Energy Independence

The Scam of Energy Independence

John McCain keeps talking about making the US “energy independent.” Robert Bryce points out that it is impossible for the United States to be energy […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul-Ahad on Iraq's Killing Fields

Abdul-Ahad on Iraq’s Killing Fields

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad of the Guardian on Iraq’s killing fields:

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Iraq Withdrawal Time Horizon= 2011?

Iraq Withdrawal Time Horizon= 2011?

Worldmeets.us translated an article today from the Iraqi newspaper al-Sabah saying that there has been a breakthrough in the negotiations between the al-Maliki government and […]

Juan Cole

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Was Abu Nidal Forgery Aimed at Refuting Joe Wilson?

Was Abu Nidal Forgery Aimed at Refuting Joe Wilson?

The LA Times summarizes the case made by journalist Ron Suskind that the Bush administration orchestrated the forging of a document by Iraqi defector and […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul-Ahad: Baghdad is "Calmer" Because they Made it into Prison Cells

Abdul-Ahad: Baghdad is "Calmer" Because they Made it into Prison Cells

The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Suppressed Evidence Iraq Had no WMD

Bush Suppressed Evidence Iraq Had no WMD

For critics of Ron Suskind’s revelations that Bush and Cheney suppressed evidence that Iraq had no WMD, check out the below: Tyler Drumheller from a […]

Juan Cole

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