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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy
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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy

Juan Cole

Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

03/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

03/14/2026 By Human Rights Watch

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Pakistan on Obama: Hope and Trepidation

Pakistan on Obama: Hope and Trepidation

Pakistan’s president, Asaf Ali Zardari, and its prime minister Sayyid Raza Yusuf Gilani, gave a warm welcome to Barack Obama as US president. They recently […]

Juan Cole

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Celebrating in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Celebrating in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arborites celebrated Obama’s victory into the wee hours on Nov. 4-5.

Juan Cole

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Natalie Portman on Wars

Natalie Portman on Wars

Padme Amidala makes a statement.

Juan Cole

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The Ordinariness of Revolution

The Ordinariness of Revolution

Nabil Al-Tikriti writes in a guest op-ed for IC: All day they came. And came. On this overcast Tuesday wave after wave of “real Americans” […]

Juan Cole

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Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Wouldn’t it be nice if Jack, Martin, Bobby, Cesar and Patsy could have been around to see it?

Juan Cole

Iraq
"Everybody with Obama" in Middle East; Afghanistan, Iraq Challenges to Confront new President

"Everybody with Obama" in Middle East; Afghanistan, Iraq Challenges to Confront new President

Mark MacKinnon writes that everybody in the Middle East is with Obama: ‘There’s yearning across the Middle East – at least outside of Israel and […]

Juan Cole

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The Ghoul’s Glossary: the 2008 Election

The Ghoul’s Glossary: the 2008 Election

Alaska: The only one of the 50 states where secessionists are considered American patriots rather than traitors. Catholic working class: Synonym for “feminist.” Communist: 1. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings Target Police, Kill 10; Minorities Awarded Seats in Provincial Councils

Bombings Target Police, Kill 10; Minorities Awarded Seats in Provincial Councils

A series of bombings in Baghdad and Baquba on Monday killed 10 persons and wounded over 30, including 10 policemen. The powerful blast in Baquba […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s Grandmother Dies

Obama’s Grandmother Dies

Condolences to Senator Barack Obama on the passing of his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who was in so many ways a mother to him, as well.

Juan Cole

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