On his site this afternoon, Middle Eastern Studies Professor Juan Cole — who runs one of the best blogs on the web — says he’ll be on the Newshour tonight talking about Ayatollah Sistani and the growing tension over the handover of power in Iraq next summer. That will definitely be worth watching.
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