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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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Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants in Bin Laden Case

Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants in Bin Laden Case

The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence has arrested five Pakistani informants who gave the CIA information leading to the raid on Usamah Bin Laden’s compound at Abbotabad, […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libya not a War for Oil

Libya not a War for Oil

The allegation out there in the blogosphere that the United Nations-authorized intervention in Libya was driven by Western oil companies is a non-starter. The argument […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Under Punitive Israeli Blockade, Gaza Unemployment among Worst in World: UN

Under Punitive Israeli Blockade, Gaza Unemployment among Worst in World: UN

The illegal Israeli blockade of little Palestinian Gaza (pop. 1.5 million) has produced 45% unemployment, perhaps the highest in the world, and a situation in […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Shadow Internet Story Fishy

Shadow Internet Story Fishy

Sunday’s report by the NYT on the ‘shadow internet’ being funded by (a paltry) $2 mn. in State Dept. money iis either a psy-ops plant […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories

1. Environmentalists and peace advocates are hoping that cooperation on solar energy projects can help foster peace between Israelis and Palestinians. What this article doesn’t […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Gates & NATO: Misery Loves Company

Gates & NATO: Misery Loves Company

Shorter SecDef Robert Gates: European members of NATO need to bankrupt themselves with military spending and wars just as the United States has done, or […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Ridge Alleges Bush Political Pressure for Terrorism Alert

Ridge Alleges Bush Political Pressure for Terrorism Alert

Ooops, a golden oldie from 2009 thrown up by mistake. Tom Ridge appears to be alleging in a new book that the Bush administration put […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Thousands Protest in Bahrain

Thousands Protest in Bahrain

The Shiite Wifaq Party succeeded in staging a demonstration some 10,000 strong in the town of Sar, Bahrain, on Saturday. Movement leader Sheikh Ali Salman […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Arab Spring Turns Deadly Again

Arab Spring Turns Deadly Again

Thousands of Syrians demonstrated all over the country on Friday, especially in smaller cities and rural towns. Some 7000 came out in downtown Homs. Troops […]

Juan Cole

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