Tag: Juan Cole

In Tunisia and Egypt, the military refused for the most part to fire on peaceful noncombatants, and so the dictator had to go. But in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain, the regimes showed themselves willing to use brutal methods.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently took a four-day tour of the Middle East, at each stop telling various allies and enemies, in classic...

Activists David House and Jane Hamsher tried to visit Pfc. Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking classified US government documents, at Quantico on...

Every state and movement in the Middle East is reading into the events in Tunisia its own anxieties and aspirations By Juan Cole in Truthdig...

The NYT reports that, in petty retaliationfor the fraud disqualifications, Karzai’s attorney general, Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, is threatening two officials on the country’s two...

- I don’t think there is any way to interpret what has happened except as a victory for Iran. - By Juan Cole at Informed...

- I can’t think of anything that would be worse for the US economy, or for Obama’s prospects for a second term, than going...

- If Israel told the truth, the whole cabinet would run screaming into the Mediterranean - By Juan Cole at Informed Comment Phil Weiss notes that another of...

In the face of Israel's defiance of the world community, international law, refusal to negotiate, and deplorable human rights record including recently killing an unarmed American...

Iran’s Green Movement is one year old this Sunday, the anniversary of its first massive demonstrations in the streets of Tehran. Greeted with great hope in much of the world, a year later it’s weaker, the country is more repressive, and its hardliners are in a far stronger position -- and some of their success can be credited to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sanctions hawks in the Obama administration.

By Selcan Hacaoglu and David Rising ISTANBUL – Mourners in Istanbul hoisted coffins Thursday to cheers of "God is great!" as they honored activists slain...

An American college student gets her eye shot out by the Israeli Army in the West Bank. Israel kills nine, including one American in the...

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and MICHAEL SLACKMAN in the NYT ISTANBUL — One of the nine people killed in an Israeli commando raid on a flotilla...

The assault on the Freedom Flotilla was not a mistake or a "completely mishandled" situation (NYT). Nor was it "folly" or "bad mistakes." (Ameircan...

Update: Israel deports human rights activists, Batch of Freedom Flotilla passengers reach Jordan as Israel drops plan to prosecute activists. This comes via Steve Clemons...

Update: Coverage of Israeli state terrorism: - Gaza Inquiry Pushed - Gaza Flotilla Attack: Guns and Blood - Gaza aid flotilla: Israeli sabotage suspected - Irish aid boat,...

Update: Israel deports human rights activists, Batch of Freedom Flotilla passengers reach Jordan as Israel drops plan to prosecute activists. --- A political meme—a set of...

News is activists are sending a new ship to challenge the Gaza blockade by Israel as the U.N. Security Council calls for a probe amid global...

- Bad-Suicide-Bombings: 18 Dead, 32 Wounded; Indians Targeted - "I saw foreigners crying and shouting ... It was a very bad situation inside," said Najibullah,...