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Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences
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Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences

Hugh J. Curran

the U.S. is approaching the precipice without articulating a vision as to what will follow, plunging toward a large-scale war against Iran

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

02/22/2026 By Juan Cole

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

02/22/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Afghanistan:  57 Insurgent Attacks a Day; Taliban Vow Major Campaign; Karzai to Visit Washington

Afghanistan: 57 Insurgent Attacks a Day; Taliban Vow Major Campaign; Karzai to Visit Washington

The guerrilla forces in Afghanistan had launched new attacks on NATO and Afghanistan National Army targets in the past few days, after weeks in which […]

Juan Cole

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Feds still Granting Environmental Waivers to Big Oil in Gulf after Spill

Feds still Granting Environmental Waivers to Big Oil in Gulf after Spill

McClatchy gets the story: Since the BP oil leak began on April 20, the Federal government has granted 22 waivers to oil companies allowing them […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim:  Niass & Shahzad

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: Niass & Shahzad

I received some snarky message after the Shahzad attempted bombing in Times Square, asking if I were still standing behind the idea of Islam as […]

Juan Cole

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Lieberman’s Modest Gulag Proposal

Lieberman’s Modest Gulag Proposal

In order to prevail in his attempt to have the US citizenship of ‘obvious terrorists’ revoked, Sen Joe Lieberman would have to overturn the Fourteenth […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament as a whole may have to Choose Iraqi Prime Minister

Parliament as a whole may have to Choose Iraqi Prime Minister

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that despite their announced coalition, the religious Shiite State of Law and National Iraqi Alliance lists will probably have to resort […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Shiite Parties Form Largest Coalition in Iraq; Ayatollahs to choose PM; Win for Iran

Shiite Parties Form Largest Coalition in Iraq; Ayatollahs to choose PM; Win for Iran

The pan-Arab London daily al-Hayat [Life] reports in Arabic that sources close to the two major Shiite coalitions have revealed that they will form a […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Settler Terrorists Plan more Mosque Burnings

Israeli Settler Terrorists Plan more Mosque Burnings

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas charged that a fire that damaged a Palestinian mosque in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank was set by Israeli terrorists […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Suspect Arrested in Times Square Bomb Plot; Afghan anger at NATO Grows

Suspect Arrested in Times Square Bomb Plot; Afghan anger at NATO Grows

As US authorities arrested Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American recently returned from Peshawar, on suspicion of ties to the Pakistani Taliban and involvement in the Times […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
From Waziristan to New York

From Waziristan to New York

It is a measure of the inter-connected character of our globalized world that the security of New York may be tied to events in distant, […]

Juan Cole

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