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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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Tenet Resigns I Have No Inside Sources

Tenet Resigns I Have No Inside Sources

Tenet Resigns I have no inside sources on why George Tenet just resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But I can think of […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Disgruntled With Caretaker

Shiites Disgruntled With Caretaker

Shiites Disgruntled with Caretaker Government James Drummond reports for the Financial Times that al-Da`wa and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) have […]

Juan Cole

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14 Dead In Iraq More Fighting Between

14 Dead In Iraq More Fighting Between

14 Dead in Iraq; More Fighting between Sadrists and US Troops; Between a huge car bomb in Adhamiyah in Baghdad (which killed 4 and wounded […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Spy Case James Risen And David

Chalabi Spy Case James Risen And David

Chalabi Spy Case James Risen and David Johnston have a story in the New York Times on Wednesday about the spying charges against Ahmad Chalabi. […]

Juan Cole

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Making Americans Safer Frankly Idiotic

Making Americans Safer Frankly Idiotic

Making Americans Safer The frankly idiotic US battles fought near Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala have created a new, seething rage toward the US […]

Juan Cole

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New Proposal For Mahdi Army In Najaf

New Proposal For Mahdi Army In Najaf

New Proposal for Mahdi Army in Najaf A new proposal has emerged for dealing with the stand-off in Najaf, whereby the US troops will withdraw […]

Juan Cole

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Revised Text Of U

Revised text of U.N. draft resolution on Iraq proposed by United States and Britain (Via Associated Press): “The United States and Britain circulated the following […]

Juan Cole

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More On Ghazi Al Yawar Fro_108612255968768028

More on Ghazi al-Yawar From an informed Iraqi reader: I thought I’d tell you a little bit about Ghazi Al-Yawer’s background. He’s a very good […]

Juan Cole

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Washingtonpost.com: Iraq: New Government Takes Over The Washington Post online kindly had me on for an online discussion of the developments in Iraq today. For […]

Juan Cole

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