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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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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

Iraq
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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Cole in Salon: The Fall of Bush’s Man in Pakistan; Dawn: Bush was Last Holdout

Cole in Salon: The Fall of Bush’s Man in Pakistan; Dawn: Bush was Last Holdout

My column is out in Salon.com: “The fall of Bush’s man in Pakistan:” (Despite Pervez Musharraf’s despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, […]

Juan Cole

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Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police

Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police

Kurdish control of Kirkuk creates a powder keg in Iraq, the NYT explains this morning: ‘ it demonstrates that despite a recent decline in violence, […]

Juan Cole

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