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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

03/04/2026 By The Conversation

Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

Why Guns? From Personal Power to Autocracy in Donald Trump’s America

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Sunni Bloc Pulls out of Government US Raids Sadr City, Kills 26 Talabani Slams Arab Neighbors Early Saturday morning, US forces raided into Shiite Sadr […]

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Hacking Muqtada Iraq Al Sadr Website

Hacking Muqtada Iraq Al Sadr Website

Hacking Muqtada The USG Open Source Center reports on the hacking of the Sadr Movement’s website and its hijacking for anti-Shiite polemics. Cyberwar as part […]

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Bomb Defused In London As I Write

Bomb Defused In London As I Write

Bomb Defused in London As I write, London police are using a robot to investigate a parked car near Buckingham Palace. The operation comes hours […]

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Bush Turns Iraq Into Israelpalestine

Bush Turns Iraq Into Israelpalestine

Bush Turns Iraq into Israel/Palestine; Gaffe endangers US Troops Bush said in a speech on Thursday that he hopes Iraq will be like Israel, a […]

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20 Decapitated Bodies Found Turks Brand

20 Decapitated Bodies Found Turks Brand

20 Decapitated Bodies Found; Turks Brand US Biggest Threat; Muqtada calls for a million Man march on Samarra AP says at least 60 persons died […]

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Death Surge Iraq Coalition Forces

Death Surge Iraq Coalition Forces

Death surge: Iraq Coalition Forces Completing their deadliest Quarter: Guest Editorial William Blanchard writes: In early April, 2006, the New York Times ran a front […]

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Neocons to Clinton: Launch War on Iraq (1998)

Neocons to Clinton: Launch War on Iraq (1998)

Open Letter to the President February 19, 1998 Dear Mr. President, Many of us were involved in organizing the Committee for Peace and Security in […]

Juan Cole

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Save Small Political Magazines I Just

Save Small Political Magazines I Just

Save Small Political Magazines I just got this from David Corn: ‘ Postal regulators have accepted a scheme designed in part by lobbyists for the […]

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Lobe On Neocons And Public Diplomacy

Lobe On Neocons And Public Diplomacy

Lobe on Neocons and Public Diplomacy Boston Review on Iran Veteran journalist and neocon watcher, Jim Lobe points out that as the Neoconservatives have lost […]

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