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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability
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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability

Juan Cole

The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

01/23/2026 By The Conversation

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

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Both Colin Powell And Condi Rice Have

Both Colin Powell And Condi Rice Have

* Both Colin Powell and Condi Rice have by now openly come out in favor of the University of Michigan admissions system, which awards points […]

Juan Cole

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New Bin Laden Letter Muhammad Al Shafii

New Bin Laden Letter Muhammad Al Shafii

New Bin Laden Letter? Muhammad al-Shafi`i reports in Asharq al-Awsat today that the newspaper has acquired a copy of a letter purported to be from […]

Juan Cole

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French President Jacques Chirac Issued

French President Jacques Chirac Issued

French President Jacques Chirac issued a blunt and forceful warning today to the Bush administration that for it to launch a unilateral attack on Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Chirac Warns Bush not to Launch a Unilateral Attack on Iraq

Chirac Warns Bush not to Launch a Unilateral Attack on Iraq

[published from Cole’s private email archives, 6/30/12] Sat Jan 18 02:34:32 2003 To: infoco@yahoogroups.com From: Juan Cole Subject: Chirac warns on Iraq French President Jacques […]

Juan Cole

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President Bush Yesterday Came Out

President Bush Yesterday Came Out

* President Bush yesterday came out against the University of Michigan’s admissions process, calling it a quota system because it takes race into account. What […]

Juan Cole

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From H Levant Editor Subject Cole On

From H Levant Editor Subject Cole On

From: H-LEVANT Editor Subject: Cole on Lewis, _What Went Wrong?_ To: H-LEVANT@H-NET.MSU.EDU Bernard Lewis. What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response. New York: […]

Juan Cole

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Egypts President Husni Mubarak

Egypts President Husni Mubarak

Egypt’s president Husni Mubarak yesterday conducted a summit with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Riyad, in part over the looming Iraq war. Both […]

Juan Cole

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War with Iraq Certain

War with Iraq Certain

[published from Cole’s private email archives, 6/30/12] From ???@??? Wed Jan 15 02:14:21 2003 X-Sender: jrcole@j.imap.itd.umich.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 To: XXXXX@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: […]

Juan Cole

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Thanks To Mm And Others For Reactions

Thanks To Mm And Others For Reactions

Thanks to [MM] and others for reactions to this posting on the UAE Islamic law conference and the issue of suicide bombings. War is a […]

Juan Cole

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