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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

01/07/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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Debate And Chalabi I Wonder If More

Debate And Chalabi I Wonder If More

Debate and Chalabi I wonder if more could not have been made about Bush’s constant zigzags on Iraq policy. First he was going to send […]

Juan Cole

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Debate One New Thing I Noticed In

Debate One New Thing I Noticed In

Debate The one new thing I noticed in the debate was Kerry’s explicit reference to getting help for the US in Iraq from the Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Some 50 Dead 145 Wounded Guerrillas

Some 50 Dead 145 Wounded Guerrillas

Some 50 Dead, 145 Wounded Guerrillas useda coordinated series of car bombs to kill around 50 persons, mostly children, and to wound 145 on Thursday. […]

Juan Cole

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Rebuilding Iraqs Universities Guest

Rebuilding Iraqs Universities Guest

Rebuilding Iraq’s Universities Guest Editorial by Keith Watenpaugh Keith Watenpaugh kindly permitted me to reproduce some of his talk here. JRIC. Rebuilding Iraq’s Academic Community: […]

Juan Cole

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President Al Yawir Decries Collective

President Al Yawir Decries Collective

President al-Yawir Decries “Collective Punishment” 13 Killed in Continued Battles Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir strongly protested US air strikes against Iraqi cities, comparing them to […]

Juan Cole

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Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics? Several high-profile FBI investigations, in which substantial progress have been made, may well have been put on […]

Juan Cole

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On Virtues Of Changing Mind It Is

On Virtues Of Changing Mind It Is

On the Virtues of Changing the Mind It is depressing for me to see George W. Bush on the stump doing a stand-up comedy routine […]

Juan Cole

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Demolition Of Old City In Najaf I Got

Demolition Of Old City In Najaf I Got

Demolition of Old City in Najaf? I got two interesting messages about Najaf today. The first was from Dr. Kamil Mahdi, who has lectured in […]

Juan Cole

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Pelosi Derails Cia Plan To Buy Iraq

Pelosi Derails Cia Plan To Buy Iraq

Pelosi Derails CIA Plan to Buy Iraq Elections Time Magazine reports that the Bush administration had had a plan to use the Central Intelligence Agency […]

Juan Cole

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