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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Juan Cole

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

01/25/2026 By The Conversation

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

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230 Killed, 388 Wounded in 100 Israeli Air strikes on Gaza; Challenge for US, Obama

230 Killed, 388 Wounded in 100 Israeli Air strikes on Gaza; Challenge for US, Obama

Aljazeera English reports on the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, which have killed 230 persons, a third of them civilians and wounded 388. The Other […]

Juan Cole

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28 Killed in Kadhimiya Bombing

28 Killed in Kadhimiya Bombing

A brazen car-bombing in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad killed 28 and wounded 55 on Saturday. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that an Iraqi security official […]

Juan Cole

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Dramatic Jailbreak in Ramadi; Sunni Arab Bloc Splits

Dramatic Jailbreak in Ramadi; Sunni Arab Bloc Splits

Sunni fundamentalist guerrillas in Iraqi government custody staged a jail break in Ramadi on Friday, when a ringleader grabbed a guard’s gun and shot him, […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan Moves 20,000 Troops to Indian Border; Gilani Pledges no First Strike

Pakistan Moves 20,000 Troops to Indian Border; Gilani Pledges no First Strike

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pledged no first strike against India on Friday, but said his country was ready to defend itself. Gilani’s statement […]

Juan Cole

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Purohit: "Why Solving Pakistan is the Pivot for Obama’s South Asian Security Strategy"

Purohit: "Why Solving Pakistan is the Pivot for Obama’s South Asian Security Strategy"

Raj Purohit writes in a guest op-ed for IC: In the space of 10 days, two terrorist actions in South Asia highlighted why President-elect Obama’s […]

Juan Cole

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Little Town of Bethlehem is Littler Now

Little Town of Bethlehem is Littler Now

Even Santa Claus is protesting the walling off of Bethlehem. Some 15 percent of the 10 million Palestinians is Christian, and they are after all […]

Juan Cole

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Drug Smuggling and Narco-Terrorism in Iraq

Drug Smuggling and Narco-Terrorism in Iraq

Iraq’s parliament accepted the resignation of speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani on Tuesday, and then promptly voted on a bill that provides a legal framework for 4000 […]

Juan Cole

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US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

Reuters reports: ‘”The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq’s western Anbar […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US

Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US

A team of biologists at Lebanese American University estimates that 1 in 17 persons around the Mediterranean carries genetic markers distinctive to the ancient Phoenician […]

Juan Cole

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