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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Juan Cole

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

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Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

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Eagan Guest Op-Ed A Vietnam Vet Recognizes Iraq Frustrations

Eagan Guest Op-Ed A Vietnam Vet Recognizes Iraq Frustrations

In response to the NYT op-ed by specialists and sergeants on Sunday, Jerry Eagan writes with his own experiences: Dr. Cole. In July, 1967, while […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Hashimi’s Party will not Rejoin Government For Now; NYT Op-Ed from Soldiers on the Ground

Al-Hashimi’s Party will not Rejoin Government For Now; NYT Op-Ed from Soldiers on the Ground

As Bill Maher has quipped, we have had a balanced set of commentaries on the Iraq War on television news. We have heard from the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Ammar al-Hakim

Ammar al-Hakim

The USG Open Source Center translates a recent speech of Ammar al-Hakim, who is functioning as acting leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council while […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Maliki Seeks Sunni Support in Tikrit 4 Party Coalition slammed as Elitist Expatriates

Maliki Seeks Sunni Support in Tikrit 4 Party Coalition slammed as Elitist Expatriates

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the purpose of PM Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Tikrit (Saddam Hussein’s old home base) was to convince some tribal notables […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in Baghdad Bombing

4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in Baghdad Bombing

Four parties have formed a coalition in parliament to support Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. They are the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the Islamic Call (Da`wa) […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Pan Arab Talk Shows on Iraq: OSC

Pan Arab Talk Shows on Iraq: OSC

Here are the Iraq-related conversations in the USG Open Source Center roundup of Pan-Arab satellite talk shows for the past week. For the non-Iraq portions, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Thousands of Sadrists Protest Arrests; Sinjar Bombings Worst Ever

Thousands of Sadrists Protest Arrests; Sinjar Bombings Worst Ever

Patrick Cockburn correctly put the bombings in Sinjar province in the context of the upcoming referendum on whether the oil-rich Kirkuk province will accede to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Cole on Lehrer

Cole on Lehrer

Just taped a segment for the Lehrer News Hour on Iraq. Will be aired today, 8/15.

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombing of Yazidis; Summit Fizzles

Bombing of Yazidis; Summit Fizzles

Local officials in the two villages of of Al-Qataniyah and Al-Adnaniyah in northern Iraq (not far from Mosul) maintained Wednesday morning that 4 car bombs […]

Juan Cole

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