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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting
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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

Juan Cole

The horrid Bill Maher and his guest Van Jones even guffawed about dead Gaza babies.

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

01/31/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

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136 Dead in Pakistan Bombing Gilani: Neighboring Country Warned of Attack on Bhutto

136 Dead in Pakistan Bombing Gilani: Neighboring Country Warned of Attack on Bhutto

Manan Ahmed at our Global Affairs Blog points out that Karachi has now joined New York, Madrid and London as a site of a major […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkish Parliament Authorizes Iraq Incursion Blackwater Leaving Iraq

Turkish Parliament Authorizes Iraq Incursion Blackwater Leaving Iraq

The Turkish parliament authorized a Turkish incursion into Iraq in pursuit of guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). Syria threw its support behind Turkey […]

Juan Cole

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Putin & Ahmadinejad Pledge Cooperation

Putin & Ahmadinejad Pledge Cooperation

Farideh Farhi weighs in on the significance of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran, and the frustrations his olive branch to Tehran produced in […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: "The Iran Hawks"

Cole in Salon: "The Iran Hawks"

My column in Salon.com, “The War Hawks,” is now online. Excerpt: ‘ Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton think a tough line on Tehran will sell […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Oil Peak or Peak Oil?

Oil Peak or Peak Oil?

The tensions between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan contributed to jitteriness in the oil markets that drove the prices to as high as $88.20 at one […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Guest Op-Ed: PKK Terrorism Undermines US Policy in Middle East

Guest Op-Ed: PKK Terrorism Undermines US Policy in Middle East

An informed observer writes anonymously: ‘“With our understanding of the worries of the Turkish friends, we are ready to undertake urgent negotiations with senior Turkish […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Iran and Afghanistan

Iran and Afghanistan

At the Global Affairs blog, Farideh Farhi weighs in on Iranian human rights activist Emadeddin Baghi. She suggests that “it also suggests a shift of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Polish Base Attacked by Shiites Harthiya Bombing in Baghdad kills 4, wounds 25

Polish Base Attacked by Shiites Harthiya Bombing in Baghdad kills 4, wounds 25

Shiite militiamen rained mortar shells on the Polish base at Diwaniya on Monday, and the fighting that thus broke out left 4 civilians, 3 gunmen, […]

Juan Cole

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Close: Israeli Intelligence behind Syria Strike not Persuasive

Close: Israeli Intelligence behind Syria Strike not Persuasive

The NYT has been pushing the story that the Israeli air strike on Syria on September 6 came in response to intelligence that Syria was […]

Juan Cole

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