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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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Iraq: Shiite Bloc Distances Itself from Controversial Biden Resolution

Iraq: Shiite Bloc Distances Itself from Controversial Biden Resolution

The USG Open Source Center reports on the way that the United Iraqi Alliance, the largest Shiite bloc, led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq turns to China for Arms Shiite Bloc Denounces US arming of Sunnis

Iraq turns to China for Arms Shiite Bloc Denounces US arming of Sunnis

WaPo says that the Iraqi government has made a $100 mn. deal with China for the purchase of light weaponry, especially AK-47 assault rifles. Some […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Calls for Saudi Cooperation

Ahmadinejad Calls for Saudi Cooperation

The USG Open Source Center has done a report on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s calls for Iran and Saudi Arabia to cooperate in filling the […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Tutu Excluded Double Standard at the University of St. Thomas

Tutu Excluded Double Standard at the University of St. Thomas

Bishop Desmond Tutu has stood all his life for nonviolent peace-making and an end to racism. Obviously, he would be upset about the Israeli mistreatment […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Polish Ambassador Wounded; Maliki: Blackwater Must Go; PM Praises Saudi Fatwa

Polish Ambassador Wounded; Maliki: Blackwater Must Go; PM Praises Saudi Fatwa

Guerrillas injured the Polish ambassador to Iraq on Wednesday with roadside bombs.Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki again insisted on Wednesday that the Blackwater security firm […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
The Arab Dilemma in Hollywood

The Arab Dilemma in Hollywood

Ashraf Khalil at the LAT discusses the dilemma for actors of Arab extraction in Hollywood that they have to play terrorists or they just don’t […]

Juan Cole

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Iran’s Armed Forces

Iran’s Armed Forces

The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian newspaper article on the combat capabilities of Iranian military forces. ‘Article Examines Combat Capabilities of Iranian Military […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Kahl: 30,000 – 70,000 US Troops Likely to be in Iraq for Many Years

Kahl: 30,000 – 70,000 US Troops Likely to be in Iraq for Many Years

Colin Kahl of Georgetown University writes: ‘There will be 100-130K troops in Iraq when Bush leaves. The number will depend largely on who wins the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Brown: 1,000 British troops to be Withdrawn

Brown: 1,000 British troops to be Withdrawn

British PM Gordon Brown, in Baghdad and Basra for consultations with PM Nuri al-Maliki, with British commanders, and with his US allies, announced that he […]

Juan Cole

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