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Regime Change in Venezuela: American “Justice” as the “Supreme International Crime”
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Regime Change in Venezuela: American “Justice” as the “Supreme International Crime”

Dan Steinbock

Ferencz believed that wars of aggression are the “supreme international crime,” and leaders who initiate them should face prosecution

“A Blind Understanding:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:33

“A Blind Understanding:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:33

01/05/2026 By Juan Cole

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

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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

al-Qaeda
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

Egypt
Cole on CSPAN-2 Tonight at 10 EDT

Cole on CSPAN-2 Tonight at 10 EDT

Note: My talk on Napoleon’s Egypt will be shown in the US on CSPAN-2 at 10 pm EDT on Sunday evening, September 9. At the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Global Affairs: Israel Peace Conference; and Roy on the Neocons

Global Affairs: Israel Peace Conference; and Roy on the Neocons

At the Global Affairs group blog: Gershon Shafir writes ‘ The focus of political debate in Israel between now and November will be the planned […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
2.2 Million Internally Displaced Iraqis; Sadrists Warn US on Basra; 37 Killed in Bombings, Shootings Saturday

2.2 Million Internally Displaced Iraqis; Sadrists Warn US on Basra; 37 Killed in Bombings, Shootings Saturday

The Sadr Movement in Basra is warning the US military not to try to come into the province to replace the departing British troops. Suspected […]

Juan Cole

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