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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

02/06/2026 By William J. Astore

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Iraq
Cole in Salon: The War on al-Maliki

Cole in Salon: The War on al-Maliki

My Salon column for Wednesday is now available: “The war against Iraq’s prime minister:” Sens. Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin are calling for Nouri al-Maliki’s […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Rubin: Proposal on Narcotics in Afghanistan

Rubin: Proposal on Narcotics in Afghanistan

Barnett Rubin has just posted another entry in his brilliant series on counter-narcotics in Afghanistan.

Juan Cole

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Gonzales Gone for Wrong Reasons

Gonzales Gone for Wrong Reasons

The great shame of it all is that Alberto Gonzales was confirmed as Attorney General despite it being widely known that he had played a […]

Juan Cole

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Terrorism

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Terrorism

At the Global Affairs group blog, Farideh Farhi tells us how Tehran is reacting to the Bush adminstration’s threat to declare sections of the Iranian […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
War in a Time of Cholera

War in a Time of Cholera

Violence at Karbala, Baghdad, Falluja dogged the al-Maliki government on Monday, while the significance of the agreements reached by the presidential council on national reconciliation […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Churchill on When to Throw in the Towel on Iraq

Churchill on When to Throw in the Towel on Iraq

Glenn Greenwald once remarked that “the highest achievement to which one can aspire in the neocon universe it to be compared to Winston Churchill.” So […]

Juan Cole

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Williams Guest Op-ed: W. and Graham Greene

Williams Guest Op-ed: W. and Graham Greene

John S. Williams writes: “One of the most curious comments in Incurious Boy George’s recent speech before the Veterans of Foreign War in Kansas City […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki Threatens Journalists Al-Hashemi Plays Hard to Get

Al-Maliki Threatens Journalists Al-Hashemi Plays Hard to Get

Al-Maliki tells off US pols., threatens journalists with libel lawsuits. A hint to Mr. al-Maliki: This kind of shrillness does not look prime ministerial and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Who is the US Fighting in Iraq?

Who is the US Fighting in Iraq?

Who exactly is the US fighting in Iraq? Graphed by self-confessed identity of captives, it is largely Sunni Arab Iraqis, often motivated primarily by the […]

Juan Cole

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