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Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water
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Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Israel’s Channel 14, Minister of Energy Eli Cohen said that “Gaza must remain in ruins for […]

Albanese’s ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ Report

Albanese’s ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ Report

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Trump Brings back Torture, Big Time

Trump Brings back Torture, Big Time

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Muqtada Will Negotiate Without

Muqtada Will Negotiate Without

Muqtada Will Negotiate without Preconditions: Iran Involved Reuters is reporting that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ceased demanding a US pullback from Najaf as […]

Juan Cole

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Mediation With Muqtada And Limits Of

Mediation With Muqtada And Limits Of

Mediation with Muqtada and the Limits of Tolerance The Scotsman reports that the standoff between the American forces and those of Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush I Saw President Bushs

Arguing With Bush I Saw President Bushs

Arguing with Bush I saw President Bush’s news conference Tuesday evening. He said many things that disturbed me, not in any partisan sort of way […]

Juan Cole

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Shadid Its Pretty Bad Here

Shadid Its Pretty Bad Here

Shadid: “It’s Pretty Bad Here.” It isn’t often that one gets to hear a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist speak in his own voice from the field, […]

Juan Cole

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Cole And Gerecht On Shiites Of Iraq

Cole And Gerecht On Shiites Of Iraq

Cole and Gerecht on Shiites of Iraq (Lehrer Newshour) The text of my appearance on the Lehrer News Hour is available at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/alsadr_04-13.html.

Juan Cole

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Shiite Negotiators Warn Us Report About

Shiite Negotiators Warn Us Report About

Shiite Negotiators Warn US The report about Sistani’s strongly-worded message to the US warning them against attacking Najaf is now available in English. I haven’t […]

Juan Cole

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6 Us Troops Deaths Announced 4 Police

6 Us Troops Deaths Announced 4 Police

6 US Troops’ Deaths Announced; 4 Police Killed ash-Sharq al-Awsat/AFP: The US military authorities announced Monday that guerrillas had killed 6 US troops in the […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Leaders Negotiate With Muqtada

Shiite Leaders Negotiate With Muqtada

Shiite Leaders Negotiate with Muqtada The London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that attempts to mediate between radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr and the US are […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Threatens Shiite Resistance If

Sistani Threatens Shiite Resistance If

Sistani Threatens Shiite Resistance if US Invades Najaf The Iranian newspaper Baztab is reporting that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has sent a strongly-worded message to […]

Juan Cole

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