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Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change
Agriculture

Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Juan Cole

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

02/17/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

02/17/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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64 Dead In Iraq 4 Us Troops Killed

64 Dead In Iraq 4 Us Troops Killed

64 Dead in Iraq; 4 US Troops Killed; Bombings in Baghdad, Bodies in Baquba; US vs. Mahdi Army in Diwaniya AP reports that 64 persons […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Closure Of Sunni Baghdad Satellite

Closure Of Sunni Baghdad Satellite

Attack on Sunni Baghdad Satellite Channel Draws Criticism The US Government Open Source Center translated or paraphrased the following report from Sunni fundamentalist party internet […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Friday Sermons In Iraq Usg Open Source

Friday Sermons In Iraq Usg Open Source

Friday Sermons in Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates excerpts from the Iraqi Friday prayers sermons delivered a week ago, many of which were […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Chlorine Truck Bomb Kills 30 Wounds 100

Chlorine Truck Bomb Kills 30 Wounds 100

Chlorine Truck Bomb Kills 30, Wounds 100; Rumayla Pipeline Near Basra Bombed; Assault on Mahdi Army in Diwaniya Alissa J. Rubin of the NYT reports […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
70 Killed In Iraq Diplomacy Of Iran May

70 Killed In Iraq Diplomacy Of Iran May

70 Killed in Iraq Diplomacy of Iran May be Legacy of British Sailor Hostage Crisis The killings of 18 Iraqi, British and American soldiers by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Rash Of Kidnappings Of Dozens Of

Rash Of Kidnappings Of Dozens Of

Rash of Kidnappings of Dozens of Shiites Iraq Government misplaces or Steals $8 Billion AP reports that Sunni Arab guerrillas kidnapped 22 Shiite shepherds and […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Vs

Israel Vs

Israel vs. Bush & the Neoconservatives on Syria? Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Damascus makes perfect sense as domestic US politics. The […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Breaking News: British Sailors Freed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced today that the 15 British sailors and Marines captured by Iran on March 23 would […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
11 Electricity Workers Killed At

11 Electricity Workers Killed At

11 Electricity Workers Killed at Checkpoint Democrats threaten to take On Bush on Iraq Funding Police discovered 14 bodies in Baghad, 7 in Baqubah and […]

Juan Cole

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