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Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine
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Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Settler colonialism is a structure rather than an event, governed by a persistent logic of elimination aimed at securing land

Judaism as an Occupied Territory

Judaism as an Occupied Territory

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Barnett Rubin warns that knee-jerk support for Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf is not exactly ‘realism’ of the sort some Washington politicians like to boast […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Major Bombing of KDP HQ in Kirkuk 12 Dead; 14% of Iraqis Displaced

Major Bombing of KDP HQ in Kirkuk 12 Dead; 14% of Iraqis Displaced

14 percent of Iraqis are now displaced from their homes. That would be the equivalent of 42 million Americans forced from their places of residence. […]

Juan Cole

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Extremists Expand in Swat Bhutto, Iftikhar Call for Rallies Media Defiant

Extremists Expand in Swat Bhutto, Iftikhar Call for Rallies Media Defiant

While the Pakistani military is bothering innocent human rights activists and attorneys who want to defend the country’s constitution, it is ignoring Muslim radicals’ advances […]

Juan Cole

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Massive Bombing in Afghanistan Kills 50, including 6 MPs

Massive Bombing in Afghanistan Kills 50, including 6 MPs

In a further sign that the Bush-imposed order in Afghanistan (and the Middle East) is unraveling, a suicide bomber in Baghlan near Kabul unleashed a […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
2007 Deadliest Year Yet for US Troops 30 Bodies found in Tharthar Shiite on Shiite Tensions in South

2007 Deadliest Year Yet for US Troops 30 Bodies found in Tharthar Shiite on Shiite Tensions in South

2007 will be the deadliest year yet for US troops in Iraq. Seven American soldiers were killed on Monday alone, bringing this year’s total to […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon on Bush and Musharraf’s Grand Illusion

Cole in Salon on Bush and Musharraf’s Grand Illusion

My article on the Pakistan crisis, “Bush and Musharraf’s Grand Illusion,” is now available online. Excerpt: ‘ In the fall of 1999, as he campaigned […]

Juan Cole

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Attorney Protests, Arrests Benazir Pledges Rally Urdu Press on Musharraf’s State of Emergency

Attorney Protests, Arrests Benazir Pledges Rally Urdu Press on Musharraf’s State of Emergency

The Financial Times reports that Pakistan’s cabinet has decided to hold elections in January after all, backing off statements made over the weekend that they […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Erdogan Unswayed by Bush calls for Patience Wave of Bombings, Assassinations in Iraq

Erdogan Unswayed by Bush calls for Patience Wave of Bombings, Assassinations in Iraq

Bush attempted to mollify Turkish Prime Minister Rejep Tayyip Erdogan at a White House meeting on Monday, but given Erdogan’s belligerent comments afterwards, I’d say […]

Juan Cole

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Fundamentalist Leader Qazi Hussain brands Musharraf a Traitor

Fundamentalist Leader Qazi Hussain brands Musharraf a Traitor

Qadi Hussain Ahmad, the leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-i Islami called Sunday for massive protests against the coup of Gen. Pervez Musharraf. He was speaking […]

Juan Cole

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