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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman
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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to turn Israel into a 21st century version of the Flying Dutchman. […]

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

07/27/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

07/27/2025 By ProPublica

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Elbaradei: An Attack on Iran would Guarantee that it Gets Nukes

Elbaradei: An Attack on Iran would Guarantee that it Gets Nukes

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in an Argentinian newspaper with International Atomic Energy Agency head, Mohamed Elbaradei, on how to deal with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain blames Rise of Hitler on Ron Paul Not Invading and Occupying other Countries Branded ‘Isolationism’

McCain blames Rise of Hitler on Ron Paul Not Invading and Occupying other Countries Branded ‘Isolationism’

In a new low of despicable looniness, at the Republican debate in St. Petersburg, John McCain equated those Americans who want to stop militarily occupying […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
13 Wounded, including 7 US Troops, in Baquba Bombing Biden says Surge Success ‘a Fantasy’ Da’wa splits, Some eye Jaafari as Leader

13 Wounded, including 7 US Troops, in Baquba Bombing Biden says Surge Success ‘a Fantasy’ Da’wa splits, Some eye Jaafari as Leader

7 US troops were wounded along with 5 Iraqi civilians when a female suicide bomber detonated her payload in Baquba. The attack took place on […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadrists Demonstrate Sistani calls for an End to Sunni-Shiite violence Agreement of Principles is Criticized

Sadrists Demonstrate Sistani calls for an End to Sunni-Shiite violence Agreement of Principles is Criticized

Thousands of Sadrists demonstrated in downtown Baghdad for a second day on Tuesday, complaining about their marginalization and the high-handed policies of PM Nuri al-Maliki. […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Press on Sharif’s Return

Pakistani Press on Sharif’s Return

The USG Open Source Center rounds up the Urdu press in Pakistan on the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Urdu Press Roundup on […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki Negotiates a Treaty with US Kurds Defiant on Oil Deals

Al-Maliki Negotiates a Treaty with US Kurds Defiant on Oil Deals

The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is negotiating a formal bilateral treaty with the United States. The question is whether the agreement will […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Dulaim: Al-Maliki is trying to Marginalize Sunnis

Dulaim: Al-Maliki is trying to Marginalize Sunnis

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in the Iraqi newspaper Ilaf with Adnan Dulaimi, a leader of the Iraqi Accord Front (Sunni fundamentalist, […]

Juan Cole

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Bush’s Middle East Unravels Further

Bush’s Middle East Unravels Further

Bush’s achievements in the Middle East were supposed to have been the ‘Cedar Revolution’ in Lebanon and the removal of Syria troops; holding fair elections […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings Kill 10 in Baghdad Iraqi Parliament in Uproar over Debaathification Al-Hakim Defends Iran

Bombings Kill 10 in Baghdad Iraqi Parliament in Uproar over Debaathification Al-Hakim Defends Iran

On Sunday, the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki presented to parliament its bill revising the expulsion of ex-Baathists from government jobs and public life. […]

Juan Cole

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