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Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness
Authoritarianism

Trumpism holds all Men are Created Unequal and most should be Denied Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence has been made a dead letter by the Trump regime as we celebrate the 249th anniversary […]

Paris: Legal Complaint filed against French-Israeli Snipers over Killings of Civilians in Gaza

Paris: Legal Complaint filed against French-Israeli Snipers over Killings of Civilians in Gaza

07/03/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers

07/03/2025 By The Conversation

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Al Zarqawi Rebuffed Nyt Reports That Us

Al Zarqawi Rebuffed Nyt Reports That Us

Al-Zarqawi Rebuffed The NYT reports that US suveillance of “chatter” among suspected terrorists suggests to them that al-Qaeda has decided not to get involved in […]

Juan Cole

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Al Karbalai Calls For Resignation Of

Al Karbalai Calls For Resignation Of

Al-Karbala’i calls for Resignation of Provincial Council AFP/ash-Sharq al-Awsat report that Shaykh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in the holy […]

Juan Cole

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Demonstrations For Elections In Najaf

Demonstrations For Elections In Najaf

Demonstrations for Elections in Najaf The Iranian news agency is reporting that thousands of demonstrators came out in the shrine city of Najaf in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Annan No Direct Elections Are Possible

Annan No Direct Elections Are Possible

Annan: No Direct Elections are Possible before July 1 The Washington Post reports the following: Kofi Annan did as Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani asked, and […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Iraq And Two Shiite Visions

Iran Iraq And Two Shiite Visions

Iran, Iraq and Two Shiite Visions Veteran Middle East reporter Nicholas Blanford writes in the Christian Science Monitor about Grand Ayatollah Sistani and the implications […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Interview In Der Spiegel If

Sistani Interview In Der Spiegel If

Sistani Interview in Der Spiegel If the article coming out on Saturday in Der Spiegel, the German news magazine, is accurate, it seems to me […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Issue Still On Front Burner

Zarqawi Issue Still On Front Burner

Zarqawi Issue Still on the Front Burner Tony Karon at Time’s weblog and Jim Lobe in the Asia Times both write interestingly on the letter […]

Juan Cole

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11 Iraqis Killed 55 Foreign Troops

11 Iraqis Killed 55 Foreign Troops

11 Iraqis Killed, 55 Foreign Troops Wounded in Car Bombings Reuters reports that guerrillas launched two car bomb attacks against a military base near Hilla […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Contradicted Again President Bush

Bush Contradicted Again President Bush

Bush Contradicted Again President Bush keeps saying that everyone thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war, implying that if he was […]

Juan Cole

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