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The Most American King: Interview  on Jordan with Aaron Magid
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The Most American King: Interview on Jordan with Aaron Magid

Marc Martorell Junyent

Interview with Aaron Magid, author of “The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan” – “King Abdullah is likely more beloved in Washington than inside Jordan” […]

Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized

Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized

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Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

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Sadrists Threaten Civil Disobedience Da’wa Leader Slams Bush for Base Visit

Sadrists Threaten Civil Disobedience Da’wa Leader Slams Bush for Base Visit

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the Sadr movement is complaining bitterly about the ongoing detention of its leaders. A spokesman for the Sadr office of […]

Juan Cole

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Iran, Victory Culture: Wednesday Reading

Iran, Victory Culture: Wednesday Reading

Tom Engelhardt’s essay, “The Empire of Stupidity,” discusses Iraq, Vietnam and ‘victory culture.’ Engelhardt is author of the recently reissued The End of Victory Culture“, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
On How al-Anbar isn’t that Safe and on How its "Calm" is Artificially Produced

On How al-Anbar isn’t that Safe and on How its "Calm" is Artificially Produced

Bush made a surprise visit to Al-Anbar Province on Monday, as part of his propaganda drive to get Americans to think we should stay in […]

Juan Cole

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Haleh is Free

Haleh is Free

As Barnett Rubin notes at the Global Affairs blog, Haleh Esfandiari has been allowed to leave Iran and has met her husband, Shaul Bakhash, in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Maliki: Don’t Use Iraq as a Base to settle Scores US Pressures Bagdad to stop visit of Iranian President

Maliki: Don’t Use Iraq as a Base to settle Scores US Pressures Bagdad to stop visit of Iranian President

Sawt al-Iraq reports in Arabic that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has pledged not to allow Iraq to become a base for regional or international powers […]

Juan Cole

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Bush and Ahmadinejad: Will they or Won’t They?

Bush and Ahmadinejad: Will they or Won’t They?

More from Barnett Rubin on signs of a potential Bush administration attack on Iran at the Global Affairs blog. He quotes Alex Debat from the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Maliki Blames Wahhabis for Karbala Sistani Aide Assassinated

Maliki Blames Wahhabis for Karbala Sistani Aide Assassinated

The Shiite world has been roiled for weeks by statements of Saudi, Wahhabi clergy in Mecca that Shiite shrines are works of idolatry and should […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Maliki breaks with, Jails Mahdi Army 300 Arrested in Karbala

Maliki breaks with, Jails Mahdi Army 300 Arrested in Karbala

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the arrest of 300 persons in Karbala connected to the Mahdi Army on Friday, blaming it for the outbreak of […]

Juan Cole

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Rubin on Hostage Release, Drug Policy in Afghanistan

Rubin on Hostage Release, Drug Policy in Afghanistan

Here’s some light reading for your Labor Day weekend. Afghanistan is pretty clearly becoming a problem for the US diplomatically and militarily of a major […]

Juan Cole

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