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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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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:

Juan Cole

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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

Iraq
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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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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