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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East
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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East

Juan Cole

I was welcomed onto David Lin’s Podcast, “The David Lin Report” to talk about Gaza, the Middle East and the US-China rivalry. Embedded video and […]

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Muqtada Wounded By Us Bombing Muqtada

Muqtada Wounded By Us Bombing Muqtada

Muqtada Wounded by US Bombing Muqtada al-Sadr was wounded by US bombardment of Najaf on Friday morning, according to Reuters. Sadr spokesman Ahmad al-Shinabi told […]

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223 Dead 500 Wounded In Clashes Across

223 Dead 500 Wounded In Clashes Across

223 dead, 500 wounded in clashes across Iraq US marines launch major assault on Najaf The headline, which is perfectly serviceable, is ripped off from […]

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Endgame In Najaf From Arabic And

Endgame In Najaf From Arabic And

Endgame in Najaf? From Arabic and English radio and television broadcasts, including al-Jazeerah: The Marines have completely surrounded Najaf and cut off all the roads […]

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Fierce Fighting In Amara Marines

Fierce Fighting in Amara Marines Prepare for final Push in Najaf Fresh explosions and machine gun fire rocked Najaf early Thursday morning. On Wednesday, fighting […]

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Kerry And Bush On Iraq War Bush Asked

Kerry and Bush on Iraq War Bush asked Kerry if he would still have voted for the Iraq War if he had known in fall […]

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Correction To Nyt Re Sistani Alex

Correction To Nyt Re Sistani Alex

Correction to the NYT re: Sistani Alex Berenson’s otherewise fine article on the situation in Najaf contains an important error. This mistake may well not […]

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Mahdi Army Fights On In Najaf Sadr

Mahdi Army Fights On In Najaf Sadr

Mahdi Army Fights on in Najaf, Sadr City The US military pounded Mahdi Army positions in the vast cemetery of Najaf again on Tuesday, with […]

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Iraq National Congress Office Closed

Iraq National Congress Office Closed

Iraq National Congress Office Closed Al-Hayat reports via Agence France Presse that the head of the office of Ahmad Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress in Baghdad […]

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Pow Mistreatment Issue Between Us And

Pow Mistreatment Issue Between Us And

POW Mistreatment an Issue between US and Iraq, Denmark and UK Death Penalty Condemned by Danish Defense Minister Danish Colonel Henrik Flach said Tuesday, “The […]

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