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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed
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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi’a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump’s “unjust war”

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

03/15/2026 By The Conversation

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

03/15/2026 By Truthdig

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Iraq: US dismayed Shiite Gov't hasn't Armed Sunni Tribes fighting ISIL

Iraq: US dismayed Shiite Gov’t hasn’t Armed Sunni Tribes fighting ISIL

By Juan Cole The pan-Arab London daily Hayat [Life] reports that members of the al-Anbar provincial council say they have met with American officials who […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israeli Forces open fire on Palestinian Qalandia Demonstrators, Wounding 8

Israeli Forces open fire on Palestinian Qalandia Demonstrators, Wounding 8

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Eight Palestinians were injured on Friday after Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators during clashes following Friday prayers near the Qalandia checkpoint […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Is ISIL's Ideology really Grounded in Saudi Textbooks?

Is ISIL’s Ideology really Grounded in Saudi Textbooks?

By Emile Nakhleh WASHINGTON (IPS) – According to an article published Oct. 21 on Al-Monitor, the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has issued new regulations […]

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Entertainment
Why are Berkeley Students Protesting Bill Maher as Commencement Speaker?

Why are Berkeley Students Protesting Bill Maher as Commencement Speaker?

AJ+ “Bill Maher is scheduled to be the guest speaker at UC Berkeley’s fall graduation this December. But despite the university’s reputation for free speech, […]

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Economy
Surprise:  Since Billionaires caused Crash of 2009, Their Numbers have Doubled

Surprise: Since Billionaires caused Crash of 2009, Their Numbers have Doubled

Oxfam: “The gap between the rich and poor is spiralling out of control. Just 85 individuals have the same wealth as half the people on […]

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Iraq:  Grand Ayatollah Sistani joins Hagel in calling for Arming Sunni Tribes of al-Anbar

Iraq: Grand Ayatollah Sistani joins Hagel in calling for Arming Sunni Tribes of al-Anbar

By Juan Cole Al-Zaman (The Times of Baghdad reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistan is calling, just as is US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, […]

Juan Cole

Culture
Halloween Poetry:   W. B. Yeats,  "All Souls' Night"

Halloween Poetry: W. B. Yeats, “All Souls’ Night”

All Souls’ Night By W.B. Yeats Midnight has come and the great Christ Church bell And many a lesser bell sound through the room; And […]

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Israel
Unprecedented Damage to Gaza & its People can't be repaired with Just more Aid

Unprecedented Damage to Gaza & its People can’t be repaired with Just more Aid

By Sara Roy, Harvard University In the near three decades that I have been involved with Gaza and her people, I have never seen the […]

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Apartheid
"Pilot Program" of Segregated Buses banning Palestinians in Israel

“Pilot Program” of Segregated Buses banning Palestinians in Israel

AJ+ “The defense minister [Moshe Ya’alon] … hasn’t issued a blanket ban but believes integrated buses are “a recipe for a terror attack.” So he’s […]

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