Informed Comment
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Informed Comment is the blog of Juan R. I. Cole, a Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History in the History Department at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has become prominent as a media commentator critical of U.S. and Israeli policy in the Middle East. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Small audience (10-100K) (English)
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International
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Dept. of History, 1029 Tisch Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1003, US
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Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank
(Blog Post) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to stand down and he declines to run in the upcoming Palestine Authority elections. The decision came in the wake ...via Informed Comment -
What did Rawalpindi Militants Want?
(Blog Post) A hostage standoff at Pakistani military HQ in Rawalpindi ended violently on Sunday morning when Pakistani troops stormed the compound where the militants had holed up with 25 ...via Informed Comment -
Conservative Hypocrisy on Race & Sotomayor
(Blog Post) The tactic of congressional conservatives, of portraying Sonia Sotomayor as a reverse racist for her ?wise Latina? comment, has so many holes in it that you could make a Swiss ...via Informed Comment -
Stealing the Iranian Election
(Blog Post) The public demonstrations against the result don't appear to be that big. In the past decade, reformers have always backed down in Iran when challenged by hardliners, in part ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Pakistani Troops Enter Mingora; India and Pakistan Sharing Intelligence
India and Pakistan are now sharing intelligence on extremists for the first time. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won a second term and his Congress Party much ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq
(Blog Post) I can never get American audiences to concede that Afghan women had it way better in the 1980s, and that it has been downhill ever since, mainly because of US favoritism ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Sunni Arab Refugees from Iraq Not Returning
Many are traumatized, having seen horrific violence against neighbors, friends or family members. One fourth of the families applying for refugee aid reported having had a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Khamenei Adopts a Wait and See Attitude to Obama
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday, "Of course, we have no prior experience of the new president of the American republic and of the government, and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
And Happy Nowruz to You Too Mr. Obama!
(Blog Post) I must say that I am stunned by the tone and content of President Obama's message to Iran on the occasion of Iranian New Year or Nowruz. I am stunned because the message was ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The End of Newspapers? Or is there a Journalism School Model?
You wonder if the last front page article in the last newspaper will be about the demise of the newspaper? I especially regret the possibility that the San Francisco ...Posted by Leo Romero
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UN Guest House Attacked in Kabul
(Blog Post) Afghanistan continues to generate bad news at an alarming rate. Gunmen stormed a UN guest house in Kabul, deploying small arms fire and killing 3 UN staff members along with 4 ...via Informed Comment -
Phase 2 of Waziristan Campaign; Pakistan Closes Schools; Mahsud Civilians Barred from Roads
akistan's military began "Phase 2" of its campaign in South Waziristan on Thursday, with a siege of Kotkai, the home town of Hakimullah Mahsud, the leader of the Taliban ...via Informed Comment -
Obama pwns Bush-Cheney on Iran; First day of Talks Yields Significant Confidence-Building Steps
(Blog Post) For 8 years, Bush-Cheney practiced what I call "belligerent Ostrichism" toward Iran. They refused to talk to Tehran. They wanted to ratchet up sanctions on it. Bush sent 2 ...via Informed Comment -
Top Things you Think You Know about Iran that are not True
(Blog Post) Thursday is a fateful day for the world, as the US, other members of the United Nations Security Council, and Germany meet in Geneva with Iran in a bid to resolve outstanding ...via Opinion Source -
Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on 'Jerusalem Day'
... the venomous rhetoric against Jews (it isn't just Zionists if it is projected back 500 years) that he used in this speech is so hateful that if it became widespread and ...via Informed Comment -
5 US Troops, 100 Afghans Killed; Tensions rise over Murky Election Results
A wave of violence and bombings throughout Afghanistan left some 50 Afghan civilians and security forces and 5 US troops dead on Saturday , along with at least 50 Taliban ...via Informed Comment -
Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy
(Blog Post) Now Americans have convinced themselves that we don't have a working class. Everybody is middle class, even those who make minimum wage in the fast food industry, or those who ...via Informed Comment -
Afghanistan: 50 Dead on Election Day, with Low turnout in Some Districts
(Blog Post) Violence and a relatively low turnout in some provinces . McClatchy reports that the largest election monitoring organization refused to sign off on the polls? legitimacy ...via NewsRack -
Obama Defends Afghanistan War; Campaigning Wraps up with Karzai calling on Warlords
President Barack Obama on Monday. Ironically, as Obama spoke. Others have pointed out that Bush?s handlers would never have allowed any such thing. Hell, they ...via Informed Comment -
McChrystal: Taliban Have Upper Hand; Violence, Corruption Threaten Election; British Gen. Pledges 40 Years in Afghanistan
(Blog Post) Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of US forces in Afghanistan, in fighting in Afghanistan. They are deploying small units that combine suicide bombings and ambushes, killing US ...via Informed Comment
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