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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump:  Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?
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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Trump: Is the World on the Brink of a Major Disaster?

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

06/07/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

Trump’s justifications for the latest Travel Ban aren’t supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism

06/07/2025 By The Conversation

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Palestinian Children

Palestinian Children

Call me suspicious. Bound bodies found floating in a lake just don’t seem to me very likely to be the victims of suicide. Riad’s friend […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
132 Wounded in Sadr City; The $3 Trillion Shopping Spree

132 Wounded in Sadr City; The $3 Trillion Shopping Spree

The spring dust storms in Baghdad have given cover to renewed guerrilla fighting there. On Thursday Iraqi guerrillas used the cover of the dust storms […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
60 Killed in Diyala Bombing; NDU Study: Iraq War Debacle; Netanyahu: 9/11 benefitted Israel

60 Killed in Diyala Bombing; NDU Study: Iraq War Debacle; Netanyahu: 9/11 benefitted Israel

A suicide bombing at a funeral for pro-American militiamen in a village northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province killed at least 60 persons on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Pope: Iraq War "has no moral justification"; Says Decision Should have been Made by UN

Pope: Iraq War "has no moral justification"; Says Decision Should have been Made by UN

Here is what Pope Benedict really thinks of Bush and his Iraq War: Is the war that has been announced against Iraq a just war? […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni-Shiite Divide in Baghdad Worsens

Sunni-Shiite Divide in Baghdad Worsens

Aljazeera English reports on the increased Sunni-Shiite divide in Baghdad. The video of blast walls and closed bridges is worth the price of admission. My […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Islamic Radicals Announce Accord with Sunni Tribes

Islamic Radicals Announce Accord with Sunni Tribes

The USG Open Source Center translates a speech by Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, the putative leader of the radical Islamic State of Iraq, which has committed […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombs, Violence Kill 60 in Northern Iraq

Bombs, Violence Kill 60 in Northern Iraq

The massive violence in Iraq on Tuesday underlines that in the north, the US is mainly fighting Sunni Iraqis, some of them neo-Baathists. It is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
28 Killed in Wave of Violence; Sadr Demands Reinstatement of Sacked Troops

28 Killed in Wave of Violence; Sadr Demands Reinstatement of Sacked Troops

AFP reports: ‘ A surge of violence killed 28 people in the past 24 hours in Iraq, among them 12 members of the Kurdish peshmerga […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bhasin Guest Editorial: Bilal Hussein and Freedom in Iraq

Bhasin Guest Editorial: Bilal Hussein and Freedom in Iraq

Fantasizing Democratic Freedoms in Iraq Madhavi Bhasin Associated Press (AP) photographer Bilal Hussein has been held for two year on being suspected of helping Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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