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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

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Blue Planet

Blue Planet

Sam Lardner, “Blue Planet”:

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On Ghana

On Ghana

Since the US is playing Ghana today, I thought it would be nice to mirror some video on, like, Ghana. So here is a Worldbusiness […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten News that is Not News

Top Ten News that is Not News

10. “Tropical Depression Stirs Concern.” 9. ” Financial reform package wouldn’t change Wall Street much.” 8. ” In Afghanistan, Petraeus will have difficulty replicating his […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Hurricanes could Threaten BP Ships, Relief Well Operations

Hurricanes could Threaten BP Ships, Relief Well Operations

Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico could force oil recovery ships to seek a safe harbor for as much as two weeks starting early July. […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach

Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach

Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach from Escambia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.

Juan Cole

Environment
Bhopal Victims Protest, Draw Contrast with US Treatment of BP

Bhopal Victims Protest, Draw Contrast with US Treatment of BP

T.L. Caswell on how Union Carbide’s negligence in the Bhopal chemical leak near Agra in the 1980s was punished late and lightly, whereas BP was […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Raining Oil in Louisiana

Raining Oil in Louisiana

OK Rachel Maddow says it isn’t so. Raining oil in Louisiana:

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable<br/> As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable
As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

Controversy is swirling in Washington about whether the firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US troops in Afghanistan has contributed to a weakening […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

President Obama’s appointment of Gen. David Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US forces in Afghanistan signaled a continued commitment by the […]

Juan Cole

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