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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

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

03/15/2026 By The Conversation

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

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Feingold On Censure Full Discussion

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Blumenthal: Young Republican Chicken Hawks Max Blumenthal via YouTube,on young Republican Chicken Hawks [wouldn’t they just be ‘chicks’? Or maybe ‘peepees’?]. You’d think after what […]

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Napoleon’s Egypt I am repeating this posting for Monday, since many readers skip the weekends. I just received an advance copy of my new book, […]

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How to Create an Angry American Repeated from Sunday A clever montage of Bush administration falsehoods and denials regarding the Iraq War, via YouTube (film-maker’s […]

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Us Airstrike Kills 15 Children Women

US Airstrike Kills 15 Children, Women, Men; Mosul Rocked by Death Squad, Roadside Bomb Killings; Shiite UIA Rejects Arming Sunni Arabs The United States military […]

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The Last Neocon Attacks Hillary You might gather from a cursory examination of the wire services that “the Pentagon” has attacked Senator Hillary Clinton for […]

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June Attacks In Iraq At All Time High

June Attacks In Iraq At All Time High

June Attacks in Iraq at All-Time High Da’wa Party Protests Saudi Jihadis Reuters obtained from the US Department of Defense statistics that show there were […]

Juan Cole

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Plame Case Thrown Out; National Security Imperilled A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit of Valerie Plame Wilson against Bush administration figures Irv Lewis […]

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