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

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

You Deserve Better, Iran

You Deserve Better, Iran

03/03/2026 By contributors

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

03/03/2026 By Norman Solomon

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Cole In Salon On Surge My Column At

Cole In Salon On Surge My Column At

Cole in Salon on the Surge My column at Salon.com on Senator Lugar’s revolt over the Iraq surge is now available online. Excerpt: ‘ June […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni Minister Arrested For Alleged Hit

Sunni Minister Arrested For Alleged Hit

Sunni Minister Arrested for Alleged Hit; Khamenei Pledges Security Cooperation to Talabani Iraqi troops sought on Tuesday to arrest a serving cabinet minister in the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
16 Bodies Found In Baghdad Anbar Tribal

16 Bodies Found In Baghdad Anbar Tribal

16 Bodies found in Baghdad Anbar Tribal Model Questioned The ‘Anbar Model’ of arming Sunni tribespeople to fight religious extremists is being queried by many […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad I Am Not Anti Semitic

Ahmadinejad I Am Not Anti Semitic

Ahmadinejad: “I am not anti-Semitic” Palestinians should Decide on Two-State Solution Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul continue to show themselves among the few in Congress […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Jihadi Groups Fighting In Diyala Usg

Jihadi Groups Fighting In Diyala Usg

Jihadi Groups fighting in Diyala The USG Open Source Center translates an account of Jihadi groups fighting in Buhriz, a town of Diyala province. The […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Baquba Cant Be Held By Iraq Troops

Baquba Cant Be Held By Iraq Troops

Baquba Can’t be Held by Iraq Troops: Bednarak This AP story made me angry. I admire a straight shooter, so I am glad that Brig. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Pro Us Tribal Sheikhs Attacked At

Pro Us Tribal Sheikhs Attacked At

Pro-US Tribal Sheikhs Attacked at Mansur Hotel Beiji Police Station Blown UP The guerrillas are at it again on Monday morning. They detonated a bomb […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al Maliki Under Onslaught From Security

Al Maliki Under Onslaught From Security

Al-Maliki Under Onslaught from Security Failures VP Abdul Mahdi threatens to Resign Parliament extends Work One Month Mahdi Army Rallies Roil Najaf Al-Hayat writing in […]

Juan Cole

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Saturday Reading For Analysis Of

Saturday Reading For Analysis Of

Sunday Reading For analysis of the situation in Palestine this past week, few observers are cannier than Helena Cobban at Just World News. And from […]

Juan Cole

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