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Was Colonialism a Crime?  Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule
Algeria

Was Colonialism a Crime? Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule

Juan Cole

Bennoune He wrote not only of innumerable massacres by French commanders of local populations but also of a vast transfer of landed wealth

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West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

12/26/2025 By The Conversation

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

12/26/2025 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Rice’s Circular Colonial Logic All Pressure off Reform in Baghdad after Crocker/Petraeus Report

Rice’s Circular Colonial Logic All Pressure off Reform in Baghdad after Crocker/Petraeus Report

Colonial logic is always circular. Thus, Condi Rice: the US needs to stay in Iraq to protect the US from Iraq. Also, the US needs […]

Juan Cole

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Developments in Iran and Pakistan

Developments in Iran and Pakistan

At the Global Affairs group blog: Farideh Farhi discusses negotiations between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency over inspections of the latter’s nuclear programs. […]

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Egypt
Subjects not Subjected

Subjects not Subjected

At the Napoleon’s Egypt blog, several letters are available on the early days of the occupation, some of them by members of the team of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Reactions to the Petraeus/ Crocker Testimony

Iraqi Reactions to the Petraeus/ Crocker Testimony

The USG Open Source Center translates transcripts of Iraqi reactions to the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker. Iraqi TVs Carry Further Reporting, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Can Gen. Petraeus and Ryan Crocker Save the Next Democratic President?

Can Gen. Petraeus and Ryan Crocker Save the Next Democratic President?

Despite what the pundits will say, I fear the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the Hill Monday and Tuesday is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McClatchy: Civilian Deaths Steady through Surge; August Secret Official Toll Staggering 2,890; Mahdi Army Continuing Ethnic Cleansing

McClatchy: Civilian Deaths Steady through Surge; August Secret Official Toll Staggering 2,890; Mahdi Army Continuing Ethnic Cleansing

Everybody’s got a status report on Iraq these days. The consistently best and most clear-eyed wire service on Iraq, whose Pentagon correspondents are pointedly not […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Oil Bonanza for Hunt; Displacement, Hunger, Alcoholism, Addiction for Iraqis

Oil Bonanza for Hunt; Displacement, Hunger, Alcoholism, Addiction for Iraqis

My Texas oil theory of the Cheney wing’s decision to go to war against Iraq got some (admittedly ex post facto) support on Sunday when […]

Juan Cole

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Helman: Refugees a Measure of Security Conditions

Helman: Refugees a Measure of Security Conditions

Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: In current discussions of the situation in Iraq, insufficient attention is being paid to perhaps the most sensitive barometer available, […]

Juan Cole

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Questions about Authenticity of Bin Laden Video

Questions about Authenticity of Bin Laden Video

Some evidence that the audio track of the recent Osamah Bin Laden video was laid down over an older video has been given. If true, […]

Juan Cole

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