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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

03/02/2026 By Dan Steinbock

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Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons in Najaf Mosques, Schools AP reports that a US general has said that he will move US troops into a base just […]

Juan Cole

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60 Of Documentation For Modern Iraqi

60 Of Documentation For Modern Iraqi

60% of Documentation for Modern Iraqi History Lost Ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP have an article on the impact of the looting last April after the fall […]

Juan Cole

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Poll 57 Of Americans Believe Saddam

Poll 57 Of Americans Believe Saddam

Poll: 57% of Americans Believe Saddam Gave Substantial Support to al-Qaeda A new poll shows that as of mid-March, 57% of Americans believed that Saddam […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Diplomat Says Us Attack On

Iranian Diplomat Says Us Attack On

Iranian Diplomat Says a US attack on Najaf will Lead to Widespread Crisis throughout Iraq From the ISNA website, via by BBC World Monitoring: Iranian […]

Juan Cole

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40 Killed In Another Bloody Iraq

40 Killed In Another Bloody Iraq

40 Killed in Another Bloody Iraq Saturday At Least 5 US Soldiers Dead; Unknown US Casualties in Haswa, Kut Boat Bombers Strike Basra Vessels, Kill […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Al Sadr Warns He Will Unleash

Muqtada Al Sadr Warns He Will Unleash

Muqtada al-Sadr Warns He will Unleash Kamikaze Bombers if Najaf is Attacked Bulgarian Soldier Killed in Clash at Karbala ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of […]

Juan Cole

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Is Chalabi Out Brahimi Plan Advances

Is Chalabi Out Brahimi Plan Advances

Is Chalabi Out? Brahimi Plan advances, Baathists Rehabilitated The intrepid Robin Wright and Walter Pincus at the Washington Post argue that the Brahimi plan for […]

Juan Cole

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What Is To Be Done In Iraq Polk Guest

What Is To Be Done In Iraq Polk Guest

What is to Be Done in Iraq?: Polk Guest Commentary By William R. Polk ‘ While C.I.A. director George J. Tenet struggles in Washington to […]

Juan Cole

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Commentary On Senate Committee On

Commentary On Senate Committee On

Commentary on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing on Iraq: Nathan Brown Guest Commentary by Nathan J. Brown, George Washington University http://home.gwu.edu/~nbrown This week’s […]

Juan Cole

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