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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Iraqization Of Afghanistan Massive

Iraqization Of Afghanistan Massive

The Iraqization of Afghanistan A massive suicide car bomb very near the US embassy embassy in Kabul has left at least 3 dead, including Coalition […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda Gloats Over 911 New Videotape

Al Qaeda Gloats Over 911 New Videotape

Al-Qaeda Gloats over 9/11 A new videotape surfaced on Aljazeera Thursday showing Usamah Bin Laden with Ramzi Bin al-Shibh [al-Shibihah], Wa’il al-Ghamdi and other 9/11 […]

Juan Cole

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1500 Dead In August Sunnis In

1500 Dead In August Sunnis In

1500 Dead in August Sunnis in Parliament Complain about Shiite confederacy plan. Two US troops were announced killed on Thursday. The (Sunni) Speaker of Parliament […]

Juan Cole

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40 Killed In Bombings Shootings Al

40 Killed in Bombings, Shootings Al-Hakim Seeks Shiite Federal Region Abdul Aziz al-Hakim’s United Iraqi Alliance laid out plans Wednesday in parliament for the creation […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Abu Zubayda And End Of Trust Bush

Bush, Abu Zubayda and the End of Trust Bush has lied so often, and about absolutely crucial matters of national security, that I do not […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Turns To Fear Mongering Creation

Bush Turns To Fear Mongering Creation

Bush Turns to Fear-Mongering Creation of “Islamic” Bogeyman The Bush administration obviously wishes it were waging war on Nazi Germany. Even the old Soviet Union […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament To Take Up Shiite Federal

Parliament To Take Up Shiite Federal

Parliament to take up Shiite Federal Region US Backs off Criticism of Barzani On Wednesday morning a car bomb in the Qahira district of Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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35 Bodies Found Executed In Baghdad

35 Bodies Found Executed In Baghdad

35 Bodies Found Executed in Baghdad, Kut 10 Coalition Troops dead in 2 Days AP and Reuters report that 33 bodies, most showing signs of […]

Juan Cole

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Tantawi Jihad Is Purely Defensive

Tantawi Jihad Is Purely Defensive

Tantawi: Jihad is Purely Defensive Freedom of Religious Belief Intrinsic to Islam Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Seminary in Cairo, perhaps […]

Juan Cole

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