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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Proposal Covenant With America Here

Proposal: A Covenant with America Here are my suggestions for a new covenant with America that could be adopted by politicians running for Congress this […]

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Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead In Iraqi

Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead In Iraqi

Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead in Iraqi Bloodbaths Interior Admits Death Squads The Washington Post reports that four bombs in Iraqi cities killed altogether some […]

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Mearsheimer And Walt Reply Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer And Walt Reply Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer and Walt Reply Mearsheimer and Walt reply to criticisms of their paper, “The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy.” We’re still accepting signatures of […]

Juan Cole

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Apologizing For Ahmadinejad Assume

Apologizing For Ahmadinejad Assume

Apologizing for Ahmadinejad “Assume that the Iranians are within measurable distance of nuclear status. Appearances sometimes to the contrary, they are not mad—or not clinically […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Explodes In Shiite Rage

Basra Explodes In Shiite Rage

Basra Explodes in Shiite Rage Unidentified guerrillas shot down a British Lynx helicopter in Basra on Saturday, killing 5 UK servicemen. The helicopter fell on […]

Juan Cole

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10 Troops Killed In Afghanistan Crash

10 Troops Killed In Afghanistan Crash

10 Troops Killed in Afghanistan Crash An American helicopter crashed on Saturday in Afghanistan, killing 10.

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis 15 Iraqis Dead

Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis 15 Iraqis Dead

Guerrillas Kill 3 GIs 15 Iraqis Dead in Violence Muqtada Emerging as Kingmaker Guerrillas killed 3 GIs in Babil province south of Baghdad on Friday. […]

Juan Cole

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Hekmatyar Goes Al Qaeda Kabul Bomb

Hekmatyar Goes Al Qaeda Kabul Bomb

Hekmatyar goes Al-Qaeda Kabul Bomb Kills Italians Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the radical Islamist guerrilla fighter, has pledged his allegiance to Usamah Bin Laden. Back in the […]

Juan Cole

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Hitchens Affair Little Satire On

Hitchens Affair Little Satire On

Hitchens Affair A little satire on the Hitchens affair. and . . . Sadly no!

Juan Cole

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