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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

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11 Police Killed in North; Police Chief Killed Near Nasiriya; IIP Demands Written Apology over Qur’an

11 Police Killed in North; Police Chief Killed Near Nasiriya; IIP Demands Written Apology over Qur’an

Sunni Arab guerrillas attacked a bus in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 11 persons, the policemen aboard and their driver. The attack may have been […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Flashback: Bush's 2000 Speech

Flashback: Bush’s 2000 Speech

Flashback: Bush’s 2000 Republican Convention speech in retrospect:

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadrists: Iraqi Military Breaking Ceasefire

Sadrists: Iraqi Military Breaking Ceasefire

The USG Open Source Center translates a transcript of al-Sharqiya Television interview with Sadr Movement official Salah al-Obeidi in which he charges that the Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain on YouTube

McCain on YouTube

Robert Greenwald presents McCain clips, entertainingly.

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Soldier Killed in Iraq; Qur’an Desecrated; Maliki Said to Replace Division Commander

US Soldier Killed in Iraq; Qur’an Desecrated; Maliki Said to Replace Division Commander

The LA Times reports: ‘ A U.S. soldier was killed Sunday and another injured when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin […]

Juan Cole

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Sunday Blogivision; McCain calls for Negotiations with Hamas

Sunday Blogivision; McCain calls for Negotiations with Hamas

Some telling video clips for a lazy Sunday: Via Josh Marshall’s TPM Veracifier: John McCain says the US will have to negotiate with Hamas at […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Fallujah Bombing Kills 4 Police; Al-Maliki offers Amnesty; Honor Killings of Iraqi Women Rise

Fallujah Bombing Kills 4 Police; Al-Maliki offers Amnesty; Honor Killings of Iraqi Women Rise

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered an amnesty in Mosul to those guerrillas who lay down their arms and accept money from him. Also, a bombing […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain Unit Rolled out; Funeral Bombing Toll Rises to 25; Baghdad Governor’s Convoy Blown Up;

McCain Unit Rolled out; Funeral Bombing Toll Rises to 25; Baghdad Governor’s Convoy Blown Up;

VOA reports that on May 15, ‘Clashes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad’s Sadr City district have left at least seven people dead, despite a deal […]

Juan Cole

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Is Obama the Apostate, or is Bush? A Reply to Luttwak

Is Obama the Apostate, or is Bush? A Reply to Luttwak

I’ve been traveling again and so only just saw Edward Luttwak’s ridiculous column about Barack Obama being considered an “apostate” in the Muslim world. It […]

Juan Cole

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