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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

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The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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Iraq War Damaging Us War On Terror

Iraq War damaging US War on Terror Warren Strobel of Knight Ridder points out that many counter-terrorism analysts are convinced that the real war on […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei America Sinking Into Quagmire

Khamenei America Sinking Into Quagmire

Khamenei: ‘America Sinking into Quagmire” “ Iran’s Supreme Jurisprudent, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a radio address that: ‘The American nation should know that Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Norwegian Troops In Iraq Fear For

Norwegian troops in Iraq fear for safety Norwegian troops appear to be surprised to find that they are not actually in a peacekeeping role in […]

Juan Cole

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Marshall Cheney Had Garner Fire Warrick

Marshall Cheney Had Garner Fire Warrick

Marshall: Cheney had Garner Fire Warrick Josh Marshall has excellent analysis of Jay Garner’s BBC interview on the failing of the US in handling post-war […]

Juan Cole

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More On Why Partitioning Iraq Is Very

More On Why Partitioning Iraq Is Very

More on Why Partitioning Iraq is a Very Bad Idea Jack Straw alluded to the dangers of a break-up of Iraq in a news conference […]

Juan Cole

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10 Us Soldiers Wounded Each Day Even

10 Us Soldiers Wounded Each Day Even

10 US soldiers wounded each day Even the fall in attacks does not obscure the bad news for Ken Dilanian of Knight Ridder. He notes […]

Juan Cole

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Bombs In Downtown Baghdad Two Iraqi

Bombs In Downtown Baghdad Two Iraqi

Bombs in downtown Baghdad; Two Iraqi Police Wounded Guerrillas fired mortars at US troops in Tikrit early on Tuesday but failed to inflict any casualties. […]

Juan Cole

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Sa 14 Used In Attack On Dhl Plane

Sa 14 Used In Attack On Dhl Plane

SA-14 used in Attack on DHL Plane A videotape of guerrillas’ attack on the DHL plane at Baghdad airport was given to a French reporter […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa Trumped Bremer Rajiv

Sistanis Fatwa Trumped Bremer Rajiv

Sistani’s Fatwa trumped Bremer Rajiv Chandrasekharan has a wonderful article in the Washington Post on the way Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s fatwa of June 28 […]

Juan Cole

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