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Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue
Climate Crisis

Islanders of Tuvalu Prepare first Mass Migration because of Sea Level Rise, as ICJ grants them Right to Sue

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The entire nation of Tuvalu, 11,000 people, is making preparations to relocate, reports Sophie Mak at Nikkei Asia . The […]

Gaza is Starving – how Israel’s Allies can go beyond Words and take meaningful Action

Gaza is Starving – how Israel’s Allies can go beyond Words and take meaningful Action

07/26/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting U of California’s Attempt to Forbid Boycotts

Protesting U of California’s Attempt to Forbid Boycotts

07/26/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Ahmadinejad lectures at Columbia University

Ahmadinejad lectures at Columbia University

Juan Cole

Iraq
Huge Bombing in Baquba Iranians close border with Iraqi Kurdistan

Huge Bombing in Baquba Iranians close border with Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran has closed its border with Iraqi Kurdistan. This move appears to come in part in reaction to the US kidnapping of an Iranian commercial […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Sermons

Iraqi Sermons

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases Iraqi Friday Prayer sermons from last week. “Round-up of Iraqi Friday Sermons 21 SepIraq — OSC SummarySunday, […]

Juan Cole

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Let Slip the Dogs of War and Demonize Ahmadinejad

Let Slip the Dogs of War and Demonize Ahmadinejad

My column at Salon.com is online: Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1: Demonizing the Iranian president and making his visit to New York seem […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Relents on Blackwater Bush to ask for Nearly $200 bn.

Iraq Relents on Blackwater Bush to ask for Nearly $200 bn.

The Iraqi government is backing off its demand that the Blackwater security firm be expelled from Iraq in the wake of apparently unprovoked shootings that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Pentagon Report Gives Lie to Surge Success

Pentagon Report Gives Lie to Surge Success

Reprinted for Monday readers: An article on how the schedule for turning Iraqi provinces over to the Iraqi army and police for security purposes has […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Tzipi Livni Aboutface: Now Against Terrorism

Tzipi Livni Aboutface: Now Against Terrorism

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, now grandstanding at the UN, is the daughter of Eitan Livni, the chief operations officer of the Irgun terrorist organization. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil

Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil

Pepe Escobar writes with regard to my posting about Brazil’s granting of asylum to Palestinian refugees expelled from Palestine by the Israeli military in 1948, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq: Videotape of Blackwater Attack Jaafari Maneuvers in Najaf

Iraq: Videotape of Blackwater Attack Jaafari Maneuvers in Najaf

Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they have a videotape of the shootings in Nisur Square last Sunday by Blackwater security guards, which shows that they […]

Juan Cole

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