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Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
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Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela

Juan Cole

The Bush administration attacked Iraq in 2003 without any foundation in international law.

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

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Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

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Another Helicopter Downed, 5 Americans Dead Mahdi Army Pledges not to Respond to US Arrests Sunni Arab guerrillas used some sort of surface to air […]

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Arguing With Bush Yet One Question Has

Arguing With Bush Yet one question has surely been settled – that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the […]

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Ashura Massacres Shake Iraq At Least

Ashura Massacres Shake Iraq At Least 130 Killed The Western press reported on 130 of the iraqis killed in political violence in Iraq on Monday, […]

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Rightwing Smearers of Obama Don’t know a School from a Madrasa The rightwing smear campaign against Barack Obama, waged by a magazine funded by the […]

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Sadrists Rejoin Government Talabani Us

Sadrists Rejoin Government Talabani: US Should Talk directly to Syria Reuters reports on political violence in Iraq on Sunday. Two more US troops were killed, […]

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22 Us Troops Announced Killed 29

22 US Troops Announced Killed 29 Bodies Found in Baghdad Reuters reports that police found 29 bodies in Baghdad on Saturday and 5 more in […]

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Militiamen Wound 6 British Soldiers

Militiamen Wound 6 British Soldiers Sadrist Rejoin Parliament Shiite militiamen fired mortars at a British base at Basra, seriously wounding one British soldier and lightly […]

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Us Moves On Sadr Aide Bombings Wrack

US moves on Sadr Aide Bombings Wrack Baghdad, Mosul Baathists Plan Convention in Damascus US and Iraqi troops arrested Sadr aide Abdul Hadi Darraji in […]

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Cheney Blew Off Iran In 2003 For Love

Cheney Blew Off Iran In 2003 For Love

Cheney blew off Iran in 2003 For the Love of God Impeach this Man Lawrence Wilkerson, an aide to Colin Powell when he was secretary […]

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