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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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5 Us Troops Killed In Sunni Arab Areas

5 Us Troops Killed In Sunni Arab Areas

5 US Troops Killed in Sunni Arab Areas US Raids Office of SCIRI Leader Saghir The US military is reporting the deaths of 6 US […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Appearance On Countdown With Keith

Cole Appearance On Countdown With Keith

Cole Appearance on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Suspicions about Pentagon’s Iran Weapons Story The video of my Monday night appearance on Countdown with Keith Olbermann […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
On Mystery Of Muqtada Al Sadrs

On Mystery Of Muqtada Al Sadrs

On the Mystery of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Disappearance US government sources are saying that nationalist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fled to neighboring Iran three weeks ago. […]

Juan Cole

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139 Killed As Iraqi Public Doubts

139 Killed As Iraqi Public Doubts

139 Killed, as Iraqi Public Doubts Security Plan 16,000 Demonstrate in Karbala AP reports that political violence killed 139 persons in Iraq on Monday and […]

Juan Cole

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Wealthy Gulf Shiites Allegedly Funding

Wealthy Gulf Shiites Allegedly Funding

Wealthy Gulf Shiites Allegedly Funding Iraqi Shiite Militias International arms dealers are supplying enormous amounts of arms to guerrilla groups in Iraq. A Maltese businessman […]

Juan Cole

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Police Massacre At Dour Near Tikrit

Police Massacre At Dour Near Tikrit

Police Massacre at Dour Near Tikrit, 30 Dead Iraqi Government distances Itself from US charges against Iran Sunni Arab guerrillas deployed a truck bomb against […]

Juan Cole

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Jaafari Expresses Regret Over Us

Jaafari Expresses Regret Over Us

Jaafari Expresses Regret over US Capture of Iranian Diplomats At a time when the Bush administration is making wild and unsubstantiated charges against Iran, a […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Nyt Falls For Bogus Iran Weapons

Nyt Falls For Bogus Iran Weapons

NYT Falls for Bogus Iran Weapons Charges Completely Implausible Numbers are Thrown Around Repeat of Judy Miller Scandal This NYT article depends on unnamed USG […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Putin Denounces Unilateral Us Iraq War

Putin Denounces Unilateral Us Iraq War

Putin Denounces Unilateral US Iraq War Jaafari Calls for US Troops to Depart The US military on Saturday announced 3 GIs killed and 4 wounded […]

Juan Cole

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