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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Basra Fell Early Sunday Morning Est

Basra Fell Early Sunday Morning Est

*Basra fell early Sunday morning EST, Sunday afternoon Baghdad time. Actually what appears to have happened was that the largely British force surrounding the city […]

Juan Cole

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Well We Found Out Why Ground Troops

Well We Found Out Why Ground Troops

*Well, we found out why the ground troops moved in without a preceding air campaign. The air campaign had been planned for Friday, and was […]

Juan Cole

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Us 3rd Infantry Division Has Entered

Us 3rd Infantry Division Has Entered

*The US 3rd Infantry Division has entered southern Iraq virtually without opposition. The insertion of some 16,000 or 17,000 men into enemy territory before the […]

Juan Cole

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Asharq Al Awsat Reports That Hundreds

Asharq Al Awsat Reports That Hundreds

*Asharq al-Awsat reports that hundreds of “Afghan Arabs” (volunteers, mainly from the Arab world, who had fought the Soviets or with the Taliban in Afghanistan) […]

Juan Cole

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My Mind And Heart Are Like Those Of So

My Mind And Heart Are Like Those Of So

*My mind and heart are, like those of so many Americans, focused on the Gulf and Iraq tonight. I am thinking about all those brave […]

Juan Cole

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Why You Should Pray that We Don’t Bomb the Sites Sacred to Shiites

Why You Should Pray that We Don’t Bomb the Sites Sacred to Shiites

http://hnn.us/articles/1322.html History News Network 3-17-03: News Abroad Why You Should Pray that We Don’t Bomb the Sites Sacred to Shiites By Juan Cole Most Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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It Appears To Be Case That Iraq Simply has no nuclear weapons program

It Appears To Be Case That Iraq Simply has no nuclear weapons program

It appears to be the case that Iraq simply has no nuclear weapons program. Al-Baradei of the IAEA has swept the country with Geiger counters […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Authorities Have Arrested

Pakistani Authorities Have Arrested

*Pakistani authorities have arrested Yasser al-Jaziri, a North African al-Qaeda leader, in the posh Gulburg district of Lahore. They met no resistance after acting on […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Based Reporter John R

Saudi Based Reporter John R

*Saudi-based reporter John R. Bradley says in the Sidney Morning Herald that the Saudi Defense Minister, Sultan b. Abdul Aziz, has confirmed that “that United […]

Juan Cole

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