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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

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Close Dont Send Us Soldiers Into Iran

Close Dont Send Us Soldiers Into Iran

Close: ‘Don’t Send US Soldiers into Iran to Spy’ The question of US intelligence on Iran is now coming to the fore. Veteran CIA Middle […]

Juan Cole

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Proposal Covenant With America Here

Proposal Covenant With America Here

Proposal: A Covenant with America Here are my suggestions for a new covenant with America that could be adopted by politicians running for Congress this […]

Juan Cole

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Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead In Iraqi

Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead In Iraqi

Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead in Iraqi Bloodbaths Interior Admits Death Squads The Washington Post reports that four bombs in Iraqi cities killed altogether some […]

Juan Cole

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Mearsheimer And Walt Reply Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer And Walt Reply Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer and Walt Reply Mearsheimer and Walt reply to criticisms of their paper, “The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy.” We’re still accepting signatures of […]

Juan Cole

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Apologizing For Ahmadinejad Assume

Apologizing For Ahmadinejad Assume

Apologizing for Ahmadinejad “Assume that the Iranians are within measurable distance of nuclear status. Appearances sometimes to the contrary, they are not mad—or not clinically […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Explodes In Shiite Rage

Basra Explodes In Shiite Rage

Basra Explodes in Shiite Rage Unidentified guerrillas shot down a British Lynx helicopter in Basra on Saturday, killing 5 UK servicemen. The helicopter fell on […]

Juan Cole

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10 Troops Killed In Afghanistan Crash

10 Troops Killed In Afghanistan Crash

10 Troops Killed in Afghanistan Crash An American helicopter crashed on Saturday in Afghanistan, killing 10.

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis 15 Iraqis Dead

Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis 15 Iraqis Dead

Guerrillas Kill 3 GIs 15 Iraqis Dead in Violence Muqtada Emerging as Kingmaker Guerrillas killed 3 GIs in Babil province south of Baghdad on Friday. […]

Juan Cole

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Hekmatyar Goes Al Qaeda Kabul Bomb

Hekmatyar Goes Al Qaeda Kabul Bomb

Hekmatyar goes Al-Qaeda Kabul Bomb Kills Italians Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the radical Islamist guerrilla fighter, has pledged his allegiance to Usamah Bin Laden. Back in the […]

Juan Cole

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