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Avatar of Chaos, Cruelty and Death: Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror isn’t Over
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Avatar of Chaos, Cruelty and Death: Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror isn’t Over

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Serving as gangster President Trump’s hatchet man, Musk promised a lean efficient government but gave us chainsaw-massacre firings that […]

Lethal “Humanitarianism:” why Violence at Gaza aid Centers should not come as a Surprise

Lethal “Humanitarianism:” why Violence at Gaza aid Centers should not come as a Surprise

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The War on Trans People: White Christian Nationalism in the Age of Trump

The War on Trans People: White Christian Nationalism in the Age of Trump

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3 US troops Killed; Dulaimi May be Charged; Najaf Raid

3 US troops Killed; Dulaimi May be Charged; Najaf Raid

Iraqi parliamentarians are attempting to strip Adnan Dulaimi of his parliamentary immunity. They charge that he is complicit with terrorists. Dulaimi leads the 44-member [Sunni […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq, the Youth Vote, Women and Iowa

Iraq, the Youth Vote, Women and Iowa

The conventional wisdom among the inside the beltway pundits is that Iraq is no longer a leading issue for American voters. This conventional wisdom is […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq in Iowa; Bomber Kills 10 in Diyala; Petraeus: US Cannot Organize Return of Refugees

Iraq in Iowa; Bomber Kills 10 in Diyala; Petraeus: US Cannot Organize Return of Refugees

Update: Zogby et al. is showing a last minute boost among voters for Obama and Huckabee in Iowa. But obviously many Iowans are undecided and […]

Juan Cole

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Reading for Thursday

Reading for Thursday

The Justice Department is going to investigate the destruction of videotapes of the interrogation of prisoners in US custody that showed torture. Speaker of the […]

Juan Cole

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36 Dead in Baghdad Bombing; 23,000 Civilians Killed in 07;

36 Dead in Baghdad Bombing; 23,000 Civilians Killed in 07;

After having celebrated New Year’s Eve in style for the first time since 2002, Baghdad awoke on the first of the year to bad news. […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan Elections Postponed; PPP Threatens Street Protests; OSC: Al-Qaeda has not Claimed Bhutto Killing

Pakistan Elections Postponed; PPP Threatens Street Protests; OSC: Al-Qaeda has not Claimed Bhutto Killing

Pakistan’s electoral commission announced Tuesday that the elections scheduled for January 8 will be postponed until February. The Pakistan People’s Party objected strenuously to the […]

Juan Cole

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How Fleeting is Empire

How Fleeting is Empire

The Maps of War site has a review of Middle Eastern empires beginning about 1800 BC. I’d have added a couple of phases at the […]

Juan Cole

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Musharraf’s Watergate? Physicians Coerced by Military; Nawaz: Musharraf Must Go

Musharraf’s Watergate? Physicians Coerced by Military; Nawaz: Musharraf Must Go

It looks increasingly as though someone in the military government in Pakistan may have been somehow complicit in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. An attorney […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey and Indonesia Muslim Success Stories Economic Upturn in Egypt

Turkey and Indonesia Muslim Success Stories Economic Upturn in Egypt

Here are some trends that I hope continue and deepen in 2008. Turkey and Indonesia are making strides as secular democracies in Muslim-majority countries, with […]

Juan Cole

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