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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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Case Of Missing Weapons Of Mass

Case Of Missing Weapons Of Mass

The Case of the Missing Weapons of Mass Destruction Josh Marshall has an excellent piece today, Sunday, on how the British and US governments are […]

Juan Cole

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Baathist Resistance Fighters Highly

Baathist Resistance Fighters Highly

Baathist Resistance Fighters Highly Organized in Iraq The Baathist cells hitting American troops in and around Baquba are tightly knit, organized and take direction from […]

Juan Cole

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Massacre Condemned By Sunni Clerics In

Massacre Condemned By Sunni Clerics In

“Massacre” Condemned by Sunni Clerics in Falluja Angry crowds chanted anti-American slogans in the western city of Falluja (pop. 256,000) as the security police killed […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda And Pakistani Intelligence It

Al Qaeda And Pakistani Intelligence It

al-Qaeda and Pakistani Intelligence It has long been clear that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (military intelligence) helped create the Taliban and almost certainly was involved in […]

Juan Cole

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Bush May Be Making Hurricanes Worse For

Bush May Be Making Hurricanes Worse For

Bush May be making Hurricanes Worse For all those on the U.S. East Coast inconvenienced or endangered by the hurricane season, you should be aware […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Expulsion Of Arafat Would

Israeli Expulsion Of Arafat Would

Israeli Expulsion of Arafat would Violate Fourth Geneva Convention Someone asked me my stance on the Israeli War Cabinet’s decision to expel Palestinian leader Yasser […]

Juan Cole

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Hard Lives In Iraq As Usual Borzou

Hard Lives In Iraq As Usual Borzou

Hard Lives in Iraq As usual, Borzou Daragahi does an excellent job in reporting from Iraq on the ground (he is only “embedded” in Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Bloody 24 Hours In Iraq Guerrillas

Bloody 24 Hours In Iraq Guerrillas

Bloody 24 hours in Iraq Guerrillas killed two US soldiers in the region west of Baghdad, and wounded 11 (yes, 11!) others on late Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Shiite Unity In Iraq Against

Sunni Shiite Unity In Iraq Against

Sunni-Shiite Unity in Iraq (against American “Designs” The Iraqi Islamic Party had called on Sunnis and Shiites to pray together at a major mosque in […]

Juan Cole

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