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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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No God But God Max Rodenbeck Makes Odd

No God But God Max Rodenbeck Makes Odd

No God But God Max Rodenbeck makes odd statements and basic errors in his review of Reza Aslan’s “No God but God” on the struggle […]

Juan Cole

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43 Iraqis Dead In 2 Days Shiite

43 Iraqis Dead In 2 Days Shiite

43 Iraqis Dead in 2 Days Shiite Pilgrims Massacred Killings in Sinjar, Hilla Wire services report that the unconventional sectarian civil war in Iraq continued […]

Juan Cole

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Military Analysts Who Lived In

Military Analysts Who Lived In

Military Analysts Who Lived in Aluminum Fairy Land Rewarded Two Army analysts who mistakenly claimed that aluminum tubing bought by Iraq was for centrifuges to […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada All Factions Must Participate

Muqtada All Factions Must Participate

Muqtada: All Factions Must Participate in Constitution-Making The Herald Sun reports that late on Friday, ‘ “A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a […]

Juan Cole

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Us Helicopter Shot Down 2 Soldiers

Us Helicopter Shot Down 2 Soldiers

US Helicopter Shot Down, 2 Soldiers Dead PM Jaafari launches a Campaign around Baghdad Guerrillas shot down a US helicopter near Baqubah on Thursday, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Blog Casting And Future Of Blog

Blog Casting And Future Of Blog

Blog-Casting and the Future of Blog Advertising Carl Bialik of the WSJ has an article on attempts to count various things about web logs, including […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings And Assassinations Continue

Bombings And Assassinations Continue

Bombings and Assassinations Continue US Military Sweep in Haditha Thursday morning’s 70 minutes of mayhem began at 7:20 a.m. Baghdad time. Guerrillas detonated two bombs, […]

Juan Cole

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Islamism Versus Secularism In Iraq

Islamism Versus Secularism In Iraq

Islamism versus Secularism in Iraq: A Debate I saw this debate on al-Jazeera (Doha) on Sunday in Arabic at 17:15 GMT, on 22 May 05. […]

Juan Cole

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Sometimes You Are Just Screwed Readers

Sometimes You Are Just Screwed Readers

Sometimes You are Just Screwed Readers occasionally write me complaining that I do not offer any solutions to the problems in Iraq. Let me just […]

Juan Cole

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