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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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Frontline on the Iraq War

Frontline on the Iraq War

Don’t miss part II of Frontline’s (PBS) special on the Iraq War tonight. Part I, aired last night, is or will be available in streaming […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrists’ Civil Disobedience Campaign

Sadrists’ Civil Disobedience Campaign

On Tuesday morning, major clashes broke out between government security forces and local Basra militias (including the Mahdi Army) that sent black smoke billowing in […]

Juan Cole

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Problems in Firefox with Text Blanked Out

Some readers have complained that occasionally postings are partially obscured when viewed with the Firefox browser. I haven’t seen this effect in Firefox myself, so […]

Juan Cole

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4,000 US Troops Dead; Nearly 60 Dead in Iraq Attacks; Sadrists Threaten General Strike

4,000 US Troops Dead; Nearly 60 Dead in Iraq Attacks; Sadrists Threaten General Strike

All hell broke loose again in Iraq on Sunday, with political violence killing nearly 60 persons according to official statistics. A roadside bomb killed 4 […]

Juan Cole

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Unger: The Iraq War was a Conspiracy

Unger: The Iraq War was a Conspiracy

Craig Unger’s email, part of an interchange on a private discussion group, is reprinted here with permission: [A critic, let us call him X, objected] […]

Juan Cole

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Pope Calls for Christian-Muslim Good Will in Memory of Slain Iraqi Archbishop; 4 US Troops Killed

Pope Calls for Christian-Muslim Good Will in Memory of Slain Iraqi Archbishop; 4 US Troops Killed

This Easter is an especially sad one for Iraq’s Chaldean Christians. Their archbishop was kidnapped and held for ransom, then killed by guerrillas. His captors […]

Juan Cole

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Jihadi Movement Calls For Efforts To Prevent Iran From ‘Interfering’ in Iraqi Affairs

Jihadi Movement Calls For Efforts To Prevent Iran From ‘Interfering’ in Iraqi Affairs

The USG Open Source Center translates an Arab nationalist call to the southern Shiite province of Maysan, which is ruled by the Sadr Movement of […]

Juan Cole

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Militia Blues

Militia Blues

A US soldier was killed and four wounded by rocket fire south of Baghdad. Courtesy ABC News The Guardian video does a report, streamed below, […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Lies about Iran on Now-Ruz

Bush Lies about Iran on Now-Ruz

On Thursday, Bush lied about Iran again: “President Bush said the Iranian government has “declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people […]

Juan Cole

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