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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza
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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli military has destroyed most of the cropland in Gaza and won’t let Palestinians fish. There isn’t enough food […]

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

07/21/2025 By The Conversation

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

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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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Arguments over Night of the Living Dead in Iraq

Arguments over Night of the Living Dead in Iraq

A Government Accounting Office report has found that the Iraqi government has not met 13 of 18 benchmarks set by the US Congress. The report […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Nation: Corruption the Norm in Iraqi Gov’t USG Reports Al-Maliki has Impeded investigations

The Nation: Corruption the Norm in Iraqi Gov’t USG Reports Al-Maliki has Impeded investigations

The Nation has gotten hold of a secret USG report that says that profound corruption is the norm in the Iraqi government. The intrepid David […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?

Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?

Barnett Rubin relays a message from a well-connected friend in Washington on the Cheney Administration’s plans to roll out a military confrontation with Iran in […]

Juan Cole

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