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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

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

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Kirkuk Police Defy Their Dismissal By

Kirkuk Police Defy Their Dismissal By

Kirkuk Police Defy their Dismissal by Interior Ministry More Car Bombs Wreak Havoc The Associated Press reports, ‘ Four car bombings within seven minutes killed […]

Juan Cole

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Quran Splashed With Urine At

Quran Splashed With Urine At

Quran Splashed with Urine at Guantanamo The Pentagon released this news late Friday in order to defeat the US news cycle, which closes down for […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arab Issue Continues To Bedevil

Sunni Arab Issue Continues To Bedevil

Sunni Arab Issue Continues to Bedevil Iraq Ed Wong of the New York Times reports: ‘ Attacks continued across central and northern Iraq on Sunday. […]

Juan Cole

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Hizbullah Wins Big In South Lebanon

Hizbullah Wins Big In South Lebanon

Hizbullah Wins Big in South Lebanon Hizbullah and Amal, along with some representatives of Saad al-Hariri’s “Future” movement swept the elections in South Lebanon. Lebanon […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings Shootings In Balad Tikrit

Bombings Shootings In Balad Tikrit

Bombings, Shootings in Balad, Tikrit, Samarra, Mahmudiyah Sunni Clerics Condemn Marginalization of their Community, Protest US Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports a suicide attack on an Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Myth Jordanian Terrorist Abu

Zarqawi Myth Jordanian Terrorist Abu

The Zarqawi MythJordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (actually Ahmad al-Khalayleh of Zarqa) has been elevated by the Bush administration to an almost mythic position as […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 19 Dead In Guerrilla Violence

At Least 19 Dead In Guerrilla Violence

At Least 19 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Guerrillas detonated bombs near Balad, and in Samarra. Mortar rounds fell in Baghdad and there was a car […]

Juan Cole

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Sufi Gathering Targeted 10 Dead Andrew

Sufi Gathering Targeted 10 Dead Andrew

Sufi Gathering Targeted, 10 Dead Andrew Marshall of Reuters reports, “A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of Sufi Muslims north of Baghdad, […]

Juan Cole

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12000 Dead In Iraqi Guerrilla War Rate

12000 Dead In Iraqi Guerrilla War Rate

12,000 Dead in Iraqi Guerrilla War Rate of Killing Same as Under Saddam The final toll for Iraqis killed in guerrilla violence or the USG/Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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