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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
Donald Trump

Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

07/01/2025 By The Conversation

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

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5 US Troops Die in Iraq; Heavy Fighting in Sadr City Kills 22, Wounds 78; Blockade Threatens Humanitarian Crisis

5 US Troops Die in Iraq; Heavy Fighting in Sadr City Kills 22, Wounds 78; Blockade Threatens Humanitarian Crisis

The US military attacked the Mahdi Army militia in Sadr City on Sunday, alongside Iraqi Army troops. The fighting left 22 dead and 78 wounded, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain: Iraqi Troops Performed ‘Pretty Well’ at Basra; Engelhardt: Not so Much

McCain: Iraqi Troops Performed ‘Pretty Well’ at Basra; Engelhardt: Not so Much

Senator John McCain on the failed Basra campaign: ‘ Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Sunday that Iraq’s military performed “pretty well” in its recent […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Rich, McCain, and the Coming Heartbreak Ridge

Rich, McCain, and the Coming Heartbreak Ridge

Frank Rich’s “Tet Happened . . . and No One Cared” is an elegantly written and argued examination of the current situation in Iraq that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki: Militias must Disarm; 25,000 Tribesmen Join Iraqi Army in Basra; Seek to Fight Sadrist Tribes

Al-Maliki: Militias must Disarm; 25,000 Tribesmen Join Iraqi Army in Basra; Seek to Fight Sadrist Tribes

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the Iraqi National Security Council met on Saturday. The heads of the major blocks in parliament attended, including Nassar al-Rubaie, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki Freezes anti-Militia Operations; Al-Sadr Calls Million Man March

Al-Maliki Freezes anti-Militia Operations; Al-Sadr Calls Million Man March

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suddenly reversed himself on Friday, pledging a freeze on attacks on militias. Just a day before he had been saying that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Clashes Continue in Basra: Badr Militia Strengthened

Clashes Continue in Basra: Badr Militia Strengthened

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that clashes continued to be fought in Basra on Thursday between Iraqi government troops and the Mahdi Army militia. It also […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Army Invades Sadrist District in Basra; Violence Kills more than a Score

Army Invades Sadrist District in Basra; Violence Kills more than a Score

The Iraqi military made incursions into Sadrist neighborhoods in Basra on Wednesday, AP says. The show of force provoked fears of an outbreak of fresh […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Badr Inducted into Army as Thousands fired for Mutiny;

Badr Inducted into Army as Thousands fired for Mutiny;

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday honored the militias of the parties in the United Iraqi Alliance, i.e. the Da’wa […]

Juan Cole

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Arjomand: Shariah Should be Voluntary; Muslims want Constitutional Rule of Law

Arjomand: Shariah Should be Voluntary; Muslims want Constitutional Rule of Law

Said Arjomand shared with IC this letter to the editor of the New York Times, which was not printed. It concerns Noah Feldman’s mid-March NYT […]

Juan Cole

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