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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

03/03/2026 By Norman Solomon

How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

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John Edwards And Iraq War Now That

John Edwards and the Iraq War Now that John Kerry has chosen John Edwards as his running mate, I looked around for some Edwards quotes […]

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Guest Comment On Fallujah And Kaplan

Guest Comment On Fallujah And Kaplan

Guest Comment on Fallujah and Kaplan: Nir Rosen Journalist Nir Rosen, who has spent most of the past year in Iraq and has fluent Arabic, […]

Juan Cole

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2 Us Pilots Wounded Strike On Fallujah

2 Us Pilots Wounded Strike On Fallujah

2 US Pilots Wounded; Strike on Fallujah Mortar Strike in Basra US jets dropped 500-pound bombs on Fallujah again on Monday, targetting an alleged safe […]

Juan Cole

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Samarra In Chaos Az Zaman Reports That

Samarra In Chaos Az Zaman Reports That

Samarra in Chaos Az-Zaman reports that informed sources tell it that the city of Samarra is still in a state of complete chaos, after an […]

Juan Cole

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Crisis In Yemen Guest Comment By

Crisis In Yemen Guest Comment By

The Crisis in Yemen: Guest Comment by Willis John M. Willis, who has taught Middle East at New York University’s Dept. of Education, writes in […]

Juan Cole

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2 Us Pilots Wounded Mortar Strike In_06

2 Us Pilots Wounded Mortar Strike In_06

2 US Pilots Wounded; Mortar Strike in Basra Guerrillas in the southern port city of Basra fired mortar rounds at the local government headquarters, but […]

Juan Cole

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Pipeline Blast Further Limits Iraqi

Pipeline Blast Further Limits Iraqi

Pipeline Blast Further Limits Iraqi Exports For the second day in a row on Sunday, guerrillas attacked a key north-south pipeline in Iraq. The damage […]

Juan Cole

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Allawi Considering Arab Troops George

Allawi Considering Arab Troops George

Allawi: Considering Arab Troops George Stephanopoulos interviewed Iyad Allawi on Sunday and did what I thought was an excellent job. He pressed Allawi on the […]

Juan Cole

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Karpinski Says Israelis Were At Abu

Karpinski Says Israelis Were At Abu

Karpinski Says Israelis Were at Abu Ghraib Brigadier General Janis Karpinski alleged Sunday that Israeli interrogators were active at Abu Ghuraib prison. She said she […]

Juan Cole

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