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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations
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Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

08/30/2025 By Juan Cole

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

08/30/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Biden as VP Candidate

Biden as VP Candidate

A warm congratulations to Senator Joe Biden on his VP candidate position on the Democratic ticket! Sen. Biden called me to testify before the Senate […]

Juan Cole

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Security Agreement Undermines McCain; Dulaimi Was Planting Bombs; Awakening Councils Targeted

Security Agreement Undermines McCain; Dulaimi Was Planting Bombs; Awakening Councils Targeted

Muthanna Dulaimi was caught while planting a roadside bomb! The son of the leader of the Iraqi Accord Front, which has cabinet seats in the […]

Juan Cole

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Suicide Bomber Kills 58 outside Munitions Plant; Zardari Candidate for President

Suicide Bomber Kills 58 outside Munitions Plant; Zardari Candidate for President

The Tehrik-i Taliban responded to Pakistani military operations against it at Bajaur by sending a suicide bomber to attack workers leaving a munitions factory. Some […]

Juan Cole

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Baquba Raid Roils Sunni-Shiite Relations; Al-Maliki to Disband Awakening Councils

Baquba Raid Roils Sunni-Shiite Relations; Al-Maliki to Disband Awakening Councils

The raid by a special forces operation on the governor’s HQ in Diyala province is being denounced as a rogue operation by the US military. […]

Juan Cole

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Reuters/Zogby Poll: McCain Makes a Move, Takes 5-Point Lead Over Obama

Reuters/Zogby Poll: McCain Makes a Move, Takes 5-Point Lead Over Obama

Zogby News Release reprinted by permission at IC: Released: August 20, 2008 Reuters/Zogby Poll: McCain Makes a Move, Takes 5-Point Lead Over Obama Obama loses […]

Juan Cole

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Afghanistan in Crisis

Afghanistan in Crisis

All hell seems to be breaking loose in Afghanistan, at a time when most Western observers are focusing on the Georgia crisis. Ten French troops […]

Juan Cole

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Raid on Governor’s office in Diyala; Seniora to Baghdad; Dulaimi’s Son Arrested

Raid on Governor’s office in Diyala; Seniora to Baghdad; Dulaimi’s Son Arrested

Strange things happen in Iraq. On Tuesday, an unidentified Iraqi government security force, or at least people wearing such uniforms, attacked the Diyala provincial governor’s […]

Juan Cole

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Davidson: Privatizing Foreign Policy: The Road to Iran

Davidson: Privatizing Foreign Policy: The Road to Iran

Lawrence Davidson writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Americans’ penchant for paying little attention to their nation’s foreign policies has powerful and disastrous effects […]

Juan Cole

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McCain's Mansions and the Real Elitist

McCain’s Mansions and the Real Elitist

BraveNewFilms on McCain’s mansions and his elitism.

Juan Cole

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