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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

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Shiite Sunni Clerics In Iraq Condemn

Shiite Sunni Clerics In Iraq Condemn

Shiite, Sunni Clerics in Iraq Condemn Israel, US; Muqtada: 9/11 Divine Retribution on US AFP reports that both Shiite and Sunni Muslim preachers on Friday […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Sistanis Rep Condemn Interim

Muqtada Sistanis Rep Condemn Interim

Muqtada, Sistani’s Rep, Condemn Interim Constitution Al-Jazeera TV, Doha, in Arabic 1608 gmt 26 Mar 04 via BBC Monitoring, reports that Muqtada al-Sadr also demanded […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Women Coerced To Veil Shops

Basra Women Coerced To Veil Shops

Basra: Women Coerced to Veil, Shops Attacked David Delanian writes more on the role of Shiite militias in imposing a mini-theocracy in the southern port […]

Juan Cole

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Rosen Violence Is Relentless Clerics

Rosen Violence Is Relentless Clerics

Rosen: The Violence is Relentless; Clerics Speak of Jihad against Infidel Americans Freelance journalist Nir Rosen, who has been living in the real Iraq unembedded, […]

Juan Cole

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Against Three State Solution In Iraq My

Against Three State Solution In Iraq My

Against the Three-State “Solution” in Iraq My review of 2 books on Iraq, Toby Dodge’s Inventing Iraq and Anderson and Stansfield’s The Future of Iraq, […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Killed 9 Iraqis 1 Jordanian

3 Us Troops Killed 9 Iraqis 1 Jordanian

3 US Troops Killed, 9 Iraqis, 1 Jordanian Killed al-Hayat: It was announced on Thursday in Baghdad that three American troops and nine Iraqis were […]

Juan Cole

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Stalemate Between Sistani And Governor

Stalemate Between Sistani And Governor

Stalemate between Sistani and Governor Sfouk in Karbala Aamer Madhani reports on the stalemate in Karbala between the American-appointed provincial governing council and Grand Ayatollah […]

Juan Cole

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Prince Hassan Warns Of World War Iii

Prince Hassan Warns Of World War Iii

Prince Hassan Warns of World War III Prince Hassan of Jordan has expressed fears that the current Middle East crisis may eventuate in “World War […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Tourism Devastated By Sharon

Israeli Tourism Devastated By Sharon

Israeli Tourism Devastated by Sharon The murder of Sheikh Yassin, the clerical leader of Hamas, has led to the collapse of what was left of […]

Juan Cole

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