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Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials
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Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday slapped personal sanctions on United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca […]

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

07/12/2025 By The Conversation

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

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Some Of You May Have Seen Me On John

Some Of You May Have Seen Me On John

*Some of you may have seen me on John Gibson’s The Big Story on Fox Cable News at 5:30 pm EST on 4/23. I may […]

Juan Cole

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For My Essay On Shiite Religious

For My Essay On Shiite Religious

*For my essay on the Shiite religious parties and factions in Iraq, see “Shiite Religious Parties Fill Vacuum in Southern Iraq” in Middle East Reports […]

Juan Cole

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Us Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

Us Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

*US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Monday, of the future of Iraq that he did not expect to see a theocracy there like that […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Us Military Forces

Breaking News Us Military Forces

*Breaking News US military forces arrested Shaikh Muhammad al-Fartusi and two other clerics at a Baghdad checkpoint. This arrest provoked a big demonstration of 5,000 […]

Juan Cole

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Tens Of Thousands Of Iraqi Shiites

Tens Of Thousands Of Iraqi Shiites

*Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shiites continue to make their way to Karbala, the site of the shrine of Imam Husayn, to commemorate the 40th […]

Juan Cole

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Eight Nations Bordering Iraq Met In

Eight Nations Bordering Iraq Met In

*The eight nations bordering Iraq met in Riyad and called for an early US withdrawal. They demanded that the US abide by the 4th Geneva […]

Juan Cole

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Some Two Million Shiites Live In

Some Two Million Shiites Live In

Some two million Shiites live in eastern Baghdad, and several factions are jockeying for influence with them. Press reports of local Shiite clerics in Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hayat For April 18 Has Interview

Al Hayat For April 18 Has Interview

*Al-Hayat for April 18 has an interview with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Najaf. It says that Sistani “affirmed his rejection of any foreign power […]

Juan Cole

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Ive Just Read Several Recent New

Ive Just Read Several Recent New

*I’ve just read several recent new reports on the Shiites of Iraq, and I am struck by how often people mention the authority they grant […]

Juan Cole

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