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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy
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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy

Mitchell Zimmerman

A member of the Freedom Movement reflects on Dr. King’s legacy in our perilous times

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

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Clinton Touches off National PTSD

Clinton Touches off National PTSD

Senator Clinton’s reference to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in June of 1968 does not seem to me consequential, for all the brouhaha it […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
6 Marines Injured, 1 Soldier Killed; Sistani Aide: Jihad Fatwa May Come; Karbala’i: Punish Blasphemous GI

6 Marines Injured, 1 Soldier Killed; Sistani Aide: Jihad Fatwa May Come; Karbala’i: Punish Blasphemous GI

Al-Sharq al-Awsat writing in Arabic carries a follow-up article on the AP story regarding Sistani’s oral rulings on the permissibility of attacking multinational troops in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Will Sistani Declare Jihad on US?

Will Sistani Declare Jihad on US?

Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul Zahra of AP get the scoop: Their sources in Najaf tell them that young Shiite men belonging to the “Troops […]

Juan Cole

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Hagee Anti-Semitism and Endorsement of McCain

Hagee Anti-Semitism and Endorsement of McCain

John McCain actively sought and accepted the endorsement of pastor John Hagee. Breaking News: CNN is reporting that McCain has just repudiated Hagee, specifically over […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Newshour

Cole on Newshour

The Newshour with Jim Lehrer will be doing an Iraq segment this evening on the Public Broadcasting Service, and I will be one of the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Assassinations of High Officials; 36 Killed, Wounded in Baghdad; Iraqiya Rebuffs al-Maliki

Assassinations of High Officials; 36 Killed, Wounded in Baghdad; Iraqiya Rebuffs al-Maliki

Signs that things weren’t that calm in Baghdad on Wednesday: Guerrillas assassinated Colonel Abdul Kareem Muhsin, the director of the protection department in the ministry […]

Juan Cole

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Appeasement Breaks out Everywhere

Appeasement Breaks out Everywhere

After all that trouble George W. Bush caused with his foolish speech before the Israeli Knesset condemning negotiation with bad guys, it turns out that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Poll: Americans Want their Iraq News

Poll: Americans Want their Iraq News

The Zogby news release, below, about a new poll demonstrates that Informed Comment is giving the American people what they want in the way of […]

Juan Cole

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Reuters/Zogby: Obama Opens up 10 Point Lead on McCain

Reuters/Zogby: Obama Opens up 10 Point Lead on McCain

Zogby Polling has permitted the reprinting of the below. What I take away from it is that in a four-way race Nader would hurt Clinton […]

Juan Cole

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