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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

01/07/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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Iraq
The Nation: Corruption the Norm in Iraqi Gov’t USG Reports Al-Maliki has Impeded investigations

The Nation: Corruption the Norm in Iraqi Gov’t USG Reports Al-Maliki has Impeded investigations

The Nation has gotten hold of a secret USG report that says that profound corruption is the norm in the Iraqi government. The intrepid David […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?

Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?

Barnett Rubin relays a message from a well-connected friend in Washington on the Cheney Administration’s plans to roll out a military confrontation with Iran in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sistani Aides Held by JAM Muqtada freezes Paramilitary for 6 months

Sistani Aides Held by JAM Muqtada freezes Paramilitary for 6 months

Two senior aides to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani–Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i and Ahmad al-Safi– were kidnapped on Tuesday by the Mahdi Army and are still being […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Akhavi on Neocolonialism

Akhavi on Neocolonialism

Khody Akhavi at IPS covers my talk last Friday at the New America Foundation, on my book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East. He writes: […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Shiite Militia Clashes at Karbala Killl 52, Wound 206 Mahdi Army Rampage against SIIC offices in Baghdad

Shiite Militia Clashes at Karbala Killl 52, Wound 206 Mahdi Army Rampage against SIIC offices in Baghdad

Clashes between rival militias in the Shiite holy city of Karbala left some 52 dead and 206 wounded on Tuesday, according to late reports from […]

Juan Cole

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Bush, Ahmadinejad Trade Barbs Iranian Delegates Arrested, Released by US

Bush, Ahmadinejad Trade Barbs Iranian Delegates Arrested, Released by US

First Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran was read to step into the vacuum when the US was forced out of Iraq. He oddly […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Cole in Salon: The War on al-Maliki

Cole in Salon: The War on al-Maliki

My Salon column for Wednesday is now available: “The war against Iraq’s prime minister:” Sens. Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin are calling for Nouri al-Maliki’s […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Rubin: Proposal on Narcotics in Afghanistan

Rubin: Proposal on Narcotics in Afghanistan

Barnett Rubin has just posted another entry in his brilliant series on counter-narcotics in Afghanistan.

Juan Cole

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Gonzales Gone for Wrong Reasons

Gonzales Gone for Wrong Reasons

The great shame of it all is that Alberto Gonzales was confirmed as Attorney General despite it being widely known that he had played a […]

Juan Cole

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