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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Bringing United Nations Back In There

Bringing United Nations Back In There

Bringing the United Nations Back In There will be anti-War protests in the coming month, as the 3-year anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Thinking About Suing If Among My Loyal

Thinking About Suing If Among My Loyal

Thinking about Suing If among my loyal readers there are any attorneys with expertise in libel law, in the US or UK, who might be […]

Juan Cole

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Ambassador Versus Ayatollah Khalilzad

Ambassador Versus Ayatollah Khalilzad

The Ambassador Versus the Ayatollah: Khalilzad to Iraq: No Shiite Control of Interior, Defense Sistani Contradicts Him On Monday, the stage was set for an […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrilla War Still Going Strong

Guerrilla War Still Going Strong

Guerrilla War Still Going Strong: Guerrillas kill 26, Wound 74 in Seven bombings, Other Attacks Al-Zaman [Ar.]: The Iraqi governent says that during the seven […]

Juan Cole

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17 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Fadhilah

17 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Fadhilah

17 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Fadhilah Defends Constitution Robert worth of the NYT reports that some 17 persons were killed in guerrilla violence in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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What If Cheney Had Apologized For Iraq

What If Cheney Had Apologized For Iraq

What if Cheney had Apologized for Iraq? Satire alert for the humorless. What would it have looked like if Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney had […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Press Highlights For Feb

Iraqi Press Highlights For Feb

Iraqi Press Highlights for Feb. 19 Key bits of information from the Iraqi press, selected from a mass of such articles in the Foreign Broadcast […]

Juan Cole

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20 Dead In Bombings Gunfights

20 Dead In Bombings Gunfights

20 Dead in Bombings, Gunfights Including GI Guerrillas set off several bombs in Baghdad on Saturday, targetting policemen. They also bombed Tikrit, Baqubah and Fallujah. […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Al Sadr On Aljazeera Ready To

Muqtada Al Sadr On Aljazeera Ready To

Muqtada al-Sadr on Aljazeera “Ready to attack the Americans if they Attack Iran or Syria” “In a Democratic Iraq, Kurds will not need Own Region” […]

Juan Cole

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