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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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McCain: 'Surprised'; Fighting Subsides in Baghdad, Basra; Analysts: Sadr Strengthened

McCain: ‘Surprised’; Fighting Subsides in Baghdad, Basra; Analysts: Sadr Strengthened

My column, “Why al-Maliki Attacked Basra,” is now available at Salon.com John McCain said he was surprised that Nuri al-Maliki would abruptly launch an operation […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
al-A`raji: Arbitrary Arrests Continue (OSC)

al-A`raji: Arbitrary Arrests Continue (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center translates a discussion by Iraqis about Muqtada al-Sadr’s ceasefire with the government of PM Nuri al-Maliki, carried in Arabic on […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iran Brokers Call for Ceasefire; Bush reduced to Irrelevancy in Iraq; Fighting Continues

Iran Brokers Call for Ceasefire; Bush reduced to Irrelevancy in Iraq; Fighting Continues

McClatchy provides a lot of important detail about Sunday’s surprising developments regarding the fight between the Iraqi government and the Mahdi Army. A parliamentary delegation […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mahdi Army Unsubdued; Iran asks for End to Fighting

Mahdi Army Unsubdued; Iran asks for End to Fighting

Iraqi Police surrendering to the Mahdi Army in Baghdad. Courtesy AFP via al-Hayat. Ned Parker of the LAT does a good job in clarifying the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Police Mutiny, Refuse to attack Sadrists; Clashes continue in Basra; Sadrists open New fronts throughout Shiite South

Police Mutiny, Refuse to attack Sadrists; Clashes continue in Basra; Sadrists open New fronts throughout Shiite South

Mahdi Army Militiamen, courtesy Al-Zaman of Baghdad. Another US soldier was killed in Baghdad on Friday. The Times of Baghdad reports in Arabic that clashes […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mahdi Army Stands Firm in its Basra Neighborhoods; Demonstrations in Baghdad against al-Maliki

Mahdi Army Stands Firm in its Basra Neighborhoods; Demonstrations in Baghdad against al-Maliki

People are asking me the significance of the fighting going on in Basra and elsewhere. My reading is that the US faced a dilemma in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Dozens Dead in Basra Clashes; Mahdi Army Occupies Kut

Dozens Dead in Basra Clashes; Mahdi Army Occupies Kut

There was heavy fighting Wednesday and Thursday morning in the Jumhuriya district of the southern oil port of Basra. That is a stronghold of the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Cole on Lehrer News Hour

Cole on Lehrer News Hour

I’ll be on the Lehrer News Hour, PBS, Wednesday evening March 26.

Juan Cole

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Sadrists clash with Iraqi, US forces in Basra; Curfews in Shiite cities

Sadrists clash with Iraqi, US forces in Basra; Curfews in Shiite cities

The truce between the Mahdi Army and the US military has broken down, putting a question mark over the future of the ‘surge’. Al-Zaman reports […]

Juan Cole

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