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25 Nations Toothlessly Demand Israel end Gaza War Now:  Suffering of Civilians has Reached “New Depths”
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25 Nations Toothlessly Demand Israel end Gaza War Now: Suffering of Civilians has Reached “New Depths”

Juan Cole

The foreign ministers of 25 nations, including much of Europe along with Japan, Canada and Australia, have issued a Joint Statement demanding that the Israeli […]

Protesting Georgetown U’s Sanctioning of Prof. Jonathan Brown for Speaking out on Iran War

Protesting Georgetown U’s Sanctioning of Prof. Jonathan Brown for Speaking out on Iran War

07/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

How Electric Vehicles and Water Heaters are turning Cities into giant Batteries

How Electric Vehicles and Water Heaters are turning Cities into giant Batteries

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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

Iraq
Sadrist/ Badr Truce Breaks Down; Parliament Rejects Smaller Cabinet

Sadrist/ Badr Truce Breaks Down; Parliament Rejects Smaller Cabinet

It is awfully suspicious that as soon as a firm date was set for new provincial elections in Iraq (October 1), the truce broke down […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul Kill 6; Hilla Awakening Council Joins Strike

Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul Kill 6; Hilla Awakening Council Joins Strike

Two bombings shook Iraq Sunday morning. In the Misbah commercial center in the upscale Shiite Karrada district, a female suicide bomber detonated a belt bomb, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
4 Killed 17 Wounded in Tal Afar Mosque Bombing; Crisis of Water, Sewage in Baghdad;

4 Killed 17 Wounded in Tal Afar Mosque Bombing; Crisis of Water, Sewage in Baghdad;

AP reports that two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque congregation in the northern Turkmen city of Tal Afar on Friday. The first was stopped […]

Juan Cole

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