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As Huckabee and MTG attack Israel over anti-Christian Pogroms, is the Alliance with White Christian Nationalism  Fraying?
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As Huckabee and MTG attack Israel over anti-Christian Pogroms, is the Alliance with White Christian Nationalism Fraying?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli squatters on Palestinian land in the militarily occupied West Bank conducted a pogrom against the Christian-majority village of Taybeh, […]

“I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know it When I see It.” – Omer Bartov on Gaza

“I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know it When I see It.” – Omer Bartov on Gaza

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Lessons from a historic Act of Disarmament in Kurdistan

Lessons from a historic Act of Disarmament in Kurdistan

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37 Killed in Turkish-Kurdish Fighting inside Iraq; Basra Instability Forces British to Postpone Departure

37 Killed in Turkish-Kurdish Fighting inside Iraq; Basra Instability Forces British to Postpone Departure

Turkish military land and air operations inside northern Iraq left 35 PKK guerrillas dead on Saturday, and two Turkish soldiers. The PKK warned that it […]

Juan Cole

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1987: Biblical Checklist includes Support for Muslim Radicals in Afghanistan

1987: Biblical Checklist includes Support for Muslim Radicals in Afghanistan

The Associated Press June 12, 1987, Friday, PM cycle Religious Lobbyist Sees ”Christian-Bashing” In GOP A religious lobbyist says some Republicans, including Vice President George […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey Invades Iraq; Sadr Renews Freeze; Bombings in Baghdad, Green Zone

Turkey Invades Iraq; Sadr Renews Freeze; Bombings in Baghdad, Green Zone

I review the news below and don’t somehow conclude that the US occupation of Iraq is a success story. I know we are paying a […]

Juan Cole

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Three Events that changed the World

Three Events that changed the World

Three things happened on Thursday that changed the world. The victorious Pakistan People’s Party, now the largest in the Pakistani lower house of parliament, has […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkish-Kurd Military Confrontation; Gunbattles Roil Basra; A Dozen Police Found Dead Near Baquba

Turkish-Kurd Military Confrontation; Gunbattles Roil Basra; A Dozen Police Found Dead Near Baquba

While US troops keep a tenuous grip on Baghdad in the center, Iraq’s two extremities– Kurdistan in the north and Basra in the deep south– […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
5 US Troops Killed; 25 Dead, 70 Wounded in Violence; Turkey Bombs Iraq

5 US Troops Killed; 25 Dead, 70 Wounded in Violence; Turkey Bombs Iraq

DPA estimates that civil war violence killed 25 in Iraq on Wednesday and wounded 70. The dead included 5 US troops. On Tuesday evening, 3 […]

Juan Cole

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McCain’s Holiday from History in Pakistan; Will any Old Military Dictator Do?; Lies about Obama

McCain’s Holiday from History in Pakistan; Will any Old Military Dictator Do?; Lies about Obama

Barack Obama’s spectacular win in Wisconsin has the GOP frightened. The Democratic turnout was much, much better than the Republican. The Democrats and independents are […]

Juan Cole

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Musharraf’s Party Roundly Defeated; Fundamentalist Coalition Collapses in NWFP; PPP Likely to Form Next Government

Musharraf’s Party Roundly Defeated; Fundamentalist Coalition Collapses in NWFP; PPP Likely to Form Next Government

Pakistan held its elections on Monday, which are fateful for the future of the country and also probably for the Bush-Cheney foreign policy. Bush and […]

Juan Cole

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Over 80 Dead in Afghan Blast

Over 80 Dead in Afghan Blast

A massive suicide bomb ripped through crowd in Qandahar on Sunday, killing over 80 and wounding a similar number. The Afghan newspaper Rah-i Sulh took […]

Juan Cole

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