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Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
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Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela

Juan Cole

The Bush administration attacked Iraq in 2003 without any foundation in international law.

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

01/04/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

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Iraq
Pentagon Report Gives Lie to Surge Success

Pentagon Report Gives Lie to Surge Success

Reprinted for Monday readers: An article on how the schedule for turning Iraqi provinces over to the Iraqi army and police for security purposes has […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Tzipi Livni Aboutface: Now Against Terrorism

Tzipi Livni Aboutface: Now Against Terrorism

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, now grandstanding at the UN, is the daughter of Eitan Livni, the chief operations officer of the Irgun terrorist organization. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil

Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil

Pepe Escobar writes with regard to my posting about Brazil’s granting of asylum to Palestinian refugees expelled from Palestine by the Israeli military in 1948, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq: Videotape of Blackwater Attack Jaafari Maneuvers in Najaf

Iraq: Videotape of Blackwater Attack Jaafari Maneuvers in Najaf

Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they have a videotape of the shootings in Nisur Square last Sunday by Blackwater security guards, which shows that they […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sistani Aides Killed UIC Unconcerned with Sadrists’ Departure

Sistani Aides Killed UIC Unconcerned with Sadrists’ Departure

AP reports that two more aides to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani were assassinated on Friday, bringing the total since late August to 5. Some worshippers […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Allawi Rejects al-Maliki’s charge of Treason US Kidnaps another Iranian from the KRG

Allawi Rejects al-Maliki’s charge of Treason US Kidnaps another Iranian from the KRG

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki slammed his rival, Iyad Allawi of the National Concord Movement, for engaging in secret talks with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Republicans vote Down Webb Plan for Troops; Al-Maliki Accuses Blackwater

Republicans vote Down Webb Plan for Troops; Al-Maliki Accuses Blackwater

Iraqi guerrillas killed four US troops on Tuesday. Republican senators succeeded in blocking the Webb plan to give US troops off as much time between […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Wagner Guest Op-ed: Democrats Should Fund Demobilization

Wagner Guest Op-ed: Democrats Should Fund Demobilization

Guest Op-Ed by David Wagner: “It seems to me that political polarization in Congress prevents action on common sense measures that are needed, regardless of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Rice Apologizes to al-Maliki for Blackwater Shootings Was Abu Rishah a Fake?

Rice Apologizes to al-Maliki for Blackwater Shootings Was Abu Rishah a Fake?

McClatchy reports from Baghdad that Iraqi eyewitnesses maintain that Blackwater security guards fired at civilians without provocation on Sunday, in contrast to the company’s own […]

Juan Cole

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