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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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Shimkus Pwned on 2 Percent Climate Claims

Shimkus Pwned on 2 Percent Climate Claims

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) says that only 2 percent of the atmosphere is made up of greenhouse gases, and that only 2 percent of those […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni Arabs Return to Parliament but Shiite-Kurdish Ascendancy Holds:  Ahmadinejad Congratulates his Candidate, al-Maliki

Sunni Arabs Return to Parliament but Shiite-Kurdish Ascendancy Holds: Ahmadinejad Congratulates his Candidate, al-Maliki

Al-Hayat writing in Arabic reports on Saturday’s successful parliamentary session in Baghdad, which was joined by the Iraqiya Party, for which most Sunni Arabs had […]

Juan Cole

India
Ron Paul:  We've Already Declared War on Iran

Ron Paul: We’ve Already Declared War on Iran

From last summer after the passage of the Comprehensive Iran sanctions or CISADA: Rep. Ron Paul argues that this measure is more or less a […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Some Attackers Escaped After Karachi Blast: Dawn

Some Attackers Escaped After Karachi Blast: Dawn

Dawn is breaking the news that some of the attackers behind the massive explosion on Thursday night at a Sindh Crime Investigation Department building in […]

Juan Cole

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Robot Actress in Tokyo Steals Show (Reuters): Video of the Day

Robot Actress in Tokyo Steals Show (Reuters): Video of the Day

Reuters reports on a Japanese stage play, Sayonara in which a robot caretaker of an ill woman is actually played by a robot (or more […]

Juan Cole

India
Cole in Tomdispatch: Asia Rising, American Hessians

Cole in Tomdispatch: Asia Rising, American Hessians

My column is out in Tomdispatch on the troubling ways that President Obama’s Asian trip suggest America’s weakening position in the world, especially with regard […]

Juan Cole

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ACLU calls on Att'y General to investigate Bush for Torturing

ACLU calls on Att’y General to investigate Bush for Torturing

The American Civil Liberties Union is calling upon the Attorney General to look into prosecuting George W. Bush now that the latter has admitted to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iran-backed al-Maliki Tapped to form Government in Iraq

Iran-backed al-Maliki Tapped to form Government in Iraq

Iraqi politicians have finally begun forming a government at long last, 8 months after the parliamentary elections of March 7. Parliament finally met Thursday and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghan Poll: We don’t Like Taliban but will Gladly Talk with Them

Afghan Poll: We don’t Like Taliban but will Gladly Talk with Them

A summer, 2010, poll done in Afghanistan by the San Francisco-based Asian Foundation, the results of which have just been released, shows: More and more […]

Juan Cole

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