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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

01/04/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

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Miller As Chalabi Stenographer

Miller As Chalabi Stenographer

Miller as Chalabi Stenographer Franklin Foer’s profile of Judith Miller of the NYT and the way in which her over-dependence on the Iraqi National Congress […]

Juan Cole

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Kufa Fighting Flares Bombs In Baghdad

Kufa Fighting Flares Bombs In Baghdad

Kufa Fighting Flares; Bombs in Baghdad Fighting flared again Sunday and Monday between Mahdi Army militiamen and US troops, who are apparently trying to reconquer […]

Juan Cole

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Portrait Of Rebellion In These Times

Portrait Of Rebellion In These Times

Portrait of a Rebellion In These Times has made my analysis of the Shiite rebellion of the past two months available online. It came out […]

Juan Cole

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Wrangling Over President Delays

Wrangling Over President Delays

Wrangling over President delays Announcement Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the WP summarizes the deadlock on the new prime minister among the Iraqi Governing Council, Paul Bremer, […]

Juan Cole

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Sites Of Day Veteran Journalist Helena

Sites Of Day Veteran Journalist Helena

Sites of the Day Veteran journalist Helena Cobban’s Just World News site is worth checking out. She writes frequently on the Middle East and knows […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Misses Friday Prayers More

Muqtada Misses Friday Prayers More

Muqtada Misses Friday Prayers; More Violence Near Najaf Reuters reports Friday that a day after an apparent agreement between the Interim Governing Council and Muqtada […]

Juan Cole

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Wedding Party Bombing Controversy

Wedding Party Bombing Controversy

Wedding Party Bombing Controversy The controversy on the US bombing of what appears to have been a wedding party near Syria continues to boil, with […]

Juan Cole

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They Even Changed Its Name Nathan

They Even Changed Its Name Nathan

They Even Changed its Name? Nathan Brown, a Middle East expert at George Washington University, writes: “With little fanfare, the name of Iraq seems to […]

Juan Cole

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Abuse Of Women Detainees Iraqi Women

Abuse Of Women Detainees Iraqi Women

Abuse of Women Detainees Iraqi women were also abused at Abu Ghuraib, according to the Taguba report and reports of photographs seen by the US […]

Juan Cole

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