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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Rupert Murdoch And Judith Miller

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Rupert Murdoch and Judith Miller The extraordinary exchanges between New York Times editor Bill Keller and reporter Judith Miller over her role in the Plame […]

Juan Cole

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Wave Of Assassinations Bombings Oil

Wave Of Assassinations Bombings Oil

Wave of Assassinations, Bombings Oil Exports Halted Here’s the headline of The Times of Baghdad [al-Zaman] for Monday, October 24, 2005: Wave of Assassinations in […]

Juan Cole

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Syria And Fundamentalist Crescent Some

Syria And Fundamentalist Crescent Some

Syria and the Fundamentalist Crescent? Some kind readers have requested that I say something about the report of UN-appointed German diplomat Detlev Mehlis concerning the […]

Juan Cole

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Galbraith On Iraqi Army Partition

Galbraith On Iraqi Army Partition

Galbraith on Iraqi Army, Partition Former Ambassador Peter Galbraith wrote in response to a posting of last Thursday, and has kindly agreed to allow me […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Supports Conference For

Sistani Supports Conference For

Sistani Supports Conference for National Reconciliation Al-Hakim, Sadr Opposed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has thrown his weight behind the Arab League initiative for a national […]

Juan Cole

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Great Iran Crock Blair And Aei Mahan

Great Iran Crock Blair And Aei Mahan

The Great Iran Crock, Blair and AEI Mahan Abedin demolishes the Blair government’s case for Iran giving bombs to Iran’s enemies in Iraq. By the […]

Juan Cole

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Four Gis Killed Khamenei Praises Iraq

Four Gis Killed Khamenei Praises Iraq

Four GIs Killed Khamenei Praises Iraq Constitution Guerrilla violence killed 4 US GIs on Friday, three west of Baghdad and one at Heet (Hit). Iran’s […]

Juan Cole

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Us Military Desecrates Bodies Of

Us Military Desecrates Bodies Of

US Military Desecrates bodies of Afghans to Uproar Or, what in the World do they Think they are doing there? The burning and desecration of […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Rejects Rice Overture Arab League

Iran Rejects Rice Overture Arab League

Iran Rejects Rice Overture Arab League Mission in Iraq How mean do you have to be to fire mortar shells at a school and kill […]

Juan Cole

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