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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

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Iran as a new Forever War

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Downsides Of Partitioning Iraq Some

Downsides of Partitioning Iraq Some readers asked me why I was so against partitioning Iraq. It is because it would cause a great deal of […]

Juan Cole

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Carnage Continues With 27 Dead

Carnage Continues With 27 Dead

Carnage continues With 27 Dead Bombings and assassinations resulted in at least 27 deaths in Iraq on Monday. Not only was a bomb exploded outside […]

Juan Cole

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2 Killed 14 Wounded At Allawi Party Hq

2 Killed 14 Wounded At Allawi Party Hq

2 Killed, 14 Wounded at Allawi Party HQ Wire services and Lebanese Broadcasting Channel were reporting early Monday morning that guerrillas had detonated a car […]

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Middle Eastern Contributions To

Middle Eastern Contributions to Tsunamic Relief in Context Someone on an email list drew my attention to the following exchange from last week, with Tucker […]

Juan Cole

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Postings Postings May Sometimes Be

Postings Postings may sometimes be irregular this week, since I’m at a conference.

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Fallujans Demonstrate Ash

Thousands Of Fallujans Demonstrate Ash

Thousands of Fallujans Demonstrate Ash-Sharq al-Awsat Thousands of Fallujans demonstrated on Saturday in front of the main entrance to the largely abandoned city. They demanded […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 32 Car Bomb Kills 19

Guerrillas Kill 32 Car Bomb Kills 19

Guerrillas kill 32 Car Bomb Kills 19, Wounds 6 AFP reports that guerillas killed 32 persons in Iraq on Saturday. The most spectacular act of […]

Juan Cole

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End Of War Highly Informed Reader With

End Of War Highly Informed Reader With

The End of War? A highly informed reader with practical Iraq experience wrote me the following, reponding to my statement on New Year’s day, “Now […]

Juan Cole

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Happy New Year May 2005 Bring Us All

Happy New Year May 2005 Bring Us All

Happy New Year May 2005 bring us all more peace, good will, prosperity, and spiritual fulfilment than did 2004. Maybe it will be the year […]

Juan Cole

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