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The Inevitable Transition in Iran
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The Inevitable Transition in Iran

Bernard Hourcade

Economic grievances are now directly tied to the functioning and political structure of the Islamic Republic itself

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

01/14/2026 By The Conversation

Racing toward a Mad Max World

Racing toward a Mad Max World

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Is It Georges Fault Laura Bush Heckled

Is it George’s Fault? Laura Bush Heckled at Wailing Wall over Pollard Affair And at Temple Mount by Palestinians I was alarmed at the tenor […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Tries To Mediate Between

Muqtada Tries To Mediate Between

Muqtada Tries to Mediate Between Sunnis and Badr Three Sunni Arab organizations arranged a meeting of 1,000 Sunni notables on Saturday, in an attempt to […]

Juan Cole

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Us Public Confidence On Iraq

Us Public Confidence On Iraq

US Public Confidence on Iraq Plummeting A new Harris Interactive poll shows that US public confidence in the Iraq venture is falling rapidly. Question: How […]

Juan Cole

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Saturday Satire Not To Be Outdone

Saturday Satire Not to be outdone.

Juan Cole

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Sadrists Clash With Police In

Sadrists Clash with Police in Nasiriyah Baghdad Sunni Mosque Protest Ramadi Demonstrations against Koran Desecration Thousands of protesters rallied in Iraq (some reports say 6,000) […]

Juan Cole

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Why Jacoby Is Wrong Jeff Jacoby Argues

Why Jacoby Is Wrong Jeff Jacoby Argues

Why Jacoby is Wrong Jeff Jacoby argues that there is something peculiar about the reaction of Muslims to the allegations that the Koran was disrespected […]

Juan Cole

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23 Die In Iraq Violence Shiite Cleric

23 Die In Iraq Violence Shiite Cleric Assassinated Guerrilla attacks killed 23 persons in Iraq on Thursday, including one US serviceman. One bomb blew up […]

Juan Cole

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Best Of Web Scientists In South Korea

Best Of Web Scientists In South Korea

Best of the Web Scientists in South Korea, unhampered by the tradition of anti-intellectualism that still bedevils the United States, have made a major breakthrough […]

Juan Cole

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Oil Official Killed Jarbas Home

Oil Official Killed Jarbas Home

Oil Official Killed Jarba’s Home Attacked, 8 Dead Ahmad Seif of Reuters reports that An Oil Ministry official, “Ali Hameed, was shot outside his home […]

Juan Cole

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