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Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

H. Scott Prosterman

The whole thing is a front for Trump’s real estate development ambitions for a Gaza beachfront resort.

Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

02/06/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

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Iraq
Maliki Said to Induct 18,000 Militiamen into Security Services

Maliki Said to Induct 18,000 Militiamen into Security Services

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that PM al-Maliki has taken the controversial decision to recruit 18,000 members of Shiite militias into the Iraqi government security forces. […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan Elections By Jan. 9 Emergency not to be Lifted Jama’at-i Islami Slams Bhutto

Pakistan Elections By Jan. 9 Emergency not to be Lifted Jama’at-i Islami Slams Bhutto

Gen. Musharraf says he will keep the State of Emergency in place but will dissolve parliament and hold new elections for it before Jan. 9 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
A Sad Veterans Day; 1/4 of Homeless are Vets Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul, Diyala Showdown at Samarra

A Sad Veterans Day; 1/4 of Homeless are Vets Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul, Diyala Showdown at Samarra

On Veterans Day, think about the thousands of US dead and wounded in Iraq (for what purpose, exactly?), and think about Iraqi Veterans against the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Kurd Op-Ed: Turkey must Recognize Kurds for there to be Dialogue

Iraqi Kurd Op-Ed: Turkey must Recognize Kurds for there to be Dialogue

The USG Open Source Center translates an article by an Iraqi Kurd writer, “Diyar Gharib,” calling on Turkey to recognize the Kurdish people as a […]

Juan Cole

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Did W. Create Ron Paul?

Did W. Create Ron Paul?

Gordon Robison argues that his stance on the Iraq War almost single-handedly explains Rep. Ron Paul’s amazing fundraising ability (which recently outstripped that of Sen. […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan Dictatorship Pledges to End Emergency; Bhutto said released from House Arrest

Pakistan Dictatorship Pledges to End Emergency; Bhutto said released from House Arrest

The military dictatorship in Pakistan says that it has released Benazir Bhutto from house arrest and that it will end the State of Emergency within […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Awakening Council in Diyala Bombed; Rumors of US Contacts with Sunni Resistance; Iran: Nukes forbidden in Islamic Law

Awakening Council in Diyala Bombed; Rumors of US Contacts with Sunni Resistance; Iran: Nukes forbidden in Islamic Law

A suicide bomber blew up a meeting of the Diyala Awakening Council of Sunni tribal shaikhs, killing five tribal chiefs who had been cooperating with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Kirkuk Crisis

The Kirkuk Crisis

The USG Open Source Center summarizes controversies over the prospect of the incorporation of Kirkuk into Iraqi Kurdistan in October and so far in November. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Shiite on Shiite Conflict in Karbala, South; US Soldier Killed; Kurdish Party Bombed

Shiite on Shiite Conflict in Karbala, South; US Soldier Killed; Kurdish Party Bombed

That’s all we need– Iraqi troops raiding American mercenary units in Iraq. That will really settle things down. Khalaf al-Ulyan, a Sunni fundamentalist member of […]

Juan Cole

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