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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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John H. Brown on Bushian Propaganda

John H. Brown on Bushian Propaganda

John H. Brown, who resigned in protest from the State Department in March of 2003, on the difference between public diplomacy and propaganda with regard […]

Juan Cole

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Swat Violence termed 'Near Civil War'; Obama Slammed in Pakistan

Swat Violence termed ‘Near Civil War’; Obama Slammed in Pakistan

The Pakistani Army, in fierce fighting with tribal forces organized by the Tehrik-i Taliban, claims to have killed some 90 of the enemy in the […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Pressured FBI to Blame al-Qaeda for Anthrax; McCain fingered Iraq on Letterman; Can’t we Change the Name of Washington National Airport?

Bush Pressured FBI to Blame al-Qaeda for Anthrax; McCain fingered Iraq on Letterman; Can’t we Change the Name of Washington National Airport?

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned with regard to the attempt to implicate Iraq in the anthrax scare in fall of 2001 is the reason […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
2 US Soldiers Killed; Parliament Tries Again

2 US Soldiers Killed; Parliament Tries Again

The Iraqi parliament will make another attempt on Tuesday to pass a provincial elections law that resolves controversies over how to treat troubled Kirkuk Province. […]

Juan Cole

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Breakthrough on Solar Energy Storage

Breakthrough on Solar Energy Storage

MIT has made a breakthrough in energy storage, one of the main obstacles to effective use of solar energy: “Inspired by the photosynthesis performed by […]

Juan Cole

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Hersh: Cheney Office Considered Manufacturing Provocation to Start War with Iran

Hersh: Cheney Office Considered Manufacturing Provocation to Start War with Iran

Think Progress has an exclusive report on New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh’s discovery that Cheney’s office considered, then rejected, getting up a provocation against Iran […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Provincial Elections Law Postponed; Parliamentary Recess and Gridlock; Preachers Urge Voter Registration

Provincial Elections Law Postponed; Parliamentary Recess and Gridlock; Preachers Urge Voter Registration

An extraordinary Iraqi parliamentary session planned for Sunday to settle the provincial election law was cancelled at the last minute. Parliament is on recess in […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan to Send Special Ops into Tribal Areas

Pakistan to Send Special Ops into Tribal Areas

Pakistan appears to be acquiescing in Bush administration demands that it send special ops forces in to fight the dissident tribal forces and the Tehrik-i […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombing in Baghdad; Doubts Cast on Diyala Operation

Bombing in Baghdad; Doubts Cast on Diyala Operation

Guerrillas used a car bomb to kill 8 persons in Baghdad and wound 14 The Iraqi government will order $9 billion in weapons from US […]

Juan Cole

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