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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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Basra Crowd Attacks Iranian Consulate Fighting in Adhamiyah An angry crowd of Iraqi Shiites attacked the Iranian Basra consulate on Wednesday, protesting an insult aired […]

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Steele on Ahmadinejad: Of Arenas of Time and Intransitive Verbs Jonathan Steele of the Guardian does a good piece about the controversy over Iranian President […]

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Islamists Experts Speculate On Abu

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Juan Cole

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Maysan Governing Council Members Go On

Maysan Governing Council Members Go on Strike The deteriorating security situation in southern Iraq has been dealt another blow, as provincial governing council members have […]

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Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad

Bush Sneaks In and Out of Baghdad Again 24 Dead in Kirkuk Bombings Iraq’s civil war claimed at least 55 lives on Tuesday. Guerrillas detonated […]

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Bush To Iraq In Shambles You Create

Bush to an Iraq in Shambles: You Create Your Own National Fund Or, “Let them Eat Cake” An informed observer writes: ‘ THURMONT, Md., June […]

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Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

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Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds of New Security Ministers The USG Open Source Center rounds up information on the new ministers of interior and defence, and of national security. […]

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim To Tehran Basra

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim to Tehran Basra, Federalism, Iran’s Nuclear Program on Agenda Shiite Iraqi clerical leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is multi-tasking, according to al-Zaman [Ar.]/ […]

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