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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST Israeli settlements could cause one-state solution By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/05/settlements/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/05/settlements/index.html?source=rss PLO leader warns that settlers in the West Bank are making a free-standing Palestinian state impossible Abdullah withdraws from Afghan presidential race By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/abdullah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/abdullah/index.html?source=rss Hamid Karzai's rigged, botched reelection leaves the U.S. with no legitimate partner U.S. troops are hostages of Iraq's broken democracy By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/30/iraq_election/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/30/iraq_election/index.html?source=rss Iraq doesn't know how to hold an election, and we shouldn't stick around to teach them at gunpoint Obama's foreign policy report card By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan The blowback from the Baghdad bombings By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/iraq_bombings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/iraq_bombings/index.html?source=rss Two blasts kill more than 100 in Iraq. Will hawks use the attacks to argue against American troop withdrawal? Pakistan's security is hanging in the balance By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/pakistan/index.html?source=rss Pakistan's military offensive has become a rallying point for Muslim radicals. Volunteers pour in to fight the army Obama got the Nobel because he's a game changer By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/11/nobel_cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/11/nobel_cole/index.html?source=rss The president's selection as Peace Prize winner is well within the rules laid out by Alfred Nobel in his will Does Iran really want the bomb? By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/07/iran_nuclear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/07/iran_nuclear/index.html?source=rss Perhaps what Iran wants is the ability to produce a nuclear weapon fast, rather than have a standing arsenal The top ten things you didn't know about Iran By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/01/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/01/cole/index.html?source=rss The assumptions most Americans hold about Iran and its policies are wrong Is the media exaggerating the Iranian nuke threat? By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/cole/index.html?source=rss If Iran is open to U.N. inspections, it's probably not constructing nuclear weapons Obama undercuts Iran By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/25/iran_russia/index.html?source=rss With nuclear fears growing, the president's shrewd moves are winning Russian support for boxing in Iran Does Iran want to be a pariah? By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss As Ahmadinejad heads for the U.S., he and Iran's other hard-liners seem bent on increasing their nation's isolation Bin Laden: U.S. support of Israel led to 9/11 By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/14/osama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/14/osama/index.html?source=rss Afghanistan's election mess could mean trouble for the U.S. Russia helps the U.S. in Afghanistan By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/09/cole/index.html?source=rss As U.S. allies look for the exit, Russia, perhaps because of problems with Afghan heroin at home, gets in deeper After Black Wednesday, tensions between Iraq and Syria simmer By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/08/cole_syria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/08/cole_syria/index.html?source=rss Leaders try to reconcile as Iraqi protestors claim Syrian complicity in attacks that left 60 dead NATO bombs -- but is Taliban getting U.S. aid? By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/04/cole_taliban/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/04/cole_taliban/index.html?source=rss Following the Taliban's money trail all the way back home The U.S. is spread dangerously thin in Afghanistan By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/03/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/03/cole/index.html?source=rss Taliban tactics are finding traction Hell hasn't broken out in Iraq By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/02/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/02/cole/index.html?source=rss Despite a recent uptick of deaths, the withdrawal of U.S. troops needs to go on The U.S. needs Iran and Russia By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/31/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/31/cole/index.html?source=rss With the war on terror now a war of logistics, the Obama administration must rely on the goodwill of those two Al-Hakim's death unsettles Iraqi politics By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/27/al_hakim/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/27/al_hakim/index.html?source=rss As elections draw nearer, the passing of the Shiite leader raises questions about the future of his coalition Our laws condone torture By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/25/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/25/cole/index.html?source=rss Investigations into torture can only do so much. The U.S. needs laws that more clearly forbid brutality What's the end game in Afghanistan, Mr. President? By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/24/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/24/cole/index.html?source=rss A failed policy in Afghanistan could turn Obama into a one-term president As Afghans vote, American support for the Afghan war collapses By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/20/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/20/cole/index.html?source=rss A light turnout in the Afghan elections could force incumbent President Karzai into a run-off Baghdad erupts once again By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/19/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/19/cole/index.html?source=rss Nearly 100 dead, 500 wounded in six bombings in Baghdad What is Obama defending in Afghanistan? By Juan Cole Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/18/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/18/cole/index.html?source=rss Obama has to be more specific and systematic about his goals in Afghanistan before we can judge his strategy there