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Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change
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Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Juan Cole

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

02/17/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

02/17/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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12 Us Troops Killed At Ramadi Over 24

12 Us Troops Killed At Ramadi Over 24

12 US Troops Killed at Ramadi; Over 24 Wounded; 3 Killed at Kadhimiyah US troops died at the hands of Sunni Arab guerrillas at Ramadi […]

Juan Cole

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Second Front Multi City Sadrist

Second Front Multi City Sadrist

The Second Front: Multi-City Sadrist Uprising Continues The difficulty the United States and its allies are having in regaining control of the major cities of […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Factor There Has Been Great Deal

Iran Factor There Has Been Great Deal

The Iran factor There has been a great deal of speculation about possible Iranian connections to the Shiite resistance to US occupation in Iraq. The […]

Juan Cole

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Mahdi Army Fights Coalition In Baghdad

Mahdi Army Fights Coalition In Baghdad

Mahdi Army Fights Coalition in Baghdad, Karbala, Basra: Takes control of Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf wire services report that there was more violence […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Proud To Be Outlaw Al Hairi

Muqtada Proud To Be Outlaw Al Hairi

Muqtada: Proud to be an Outlaw; Al-Ha’iri: Americans are making War on the Shiites Ash-Sharq al-Awsat: According to Shaikh Qais al-Khazali, the leader of the […]

Juan Cole

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Bush White House Deadlocked Over Iraq I

Bush White House Deadlocked Over Iraq I

Bush White House Deadlocked over Iraq I saw Senators Biden and Lugar on the Lehrer Newshour on Monday, and I think Senator Biden intimated an […]

Juan Cole

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Nearly 3 Million Iraqis Sunni And

Nearly 3 Million Iraqis Sunni And

Nearly 3 Million Iraqis, Sunni and Shiite, Approve of attacks on Americans An opinion poll taken in late February showed that 10 % of Iraq’s […]

Juan Cole

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Transcript Of Cole Interview On Npr

Transcript Of Cole Interview On Npr

Transcript of Cole Interview on NPR: Muqtada al-Sadr You can listen to my interview Monday on All Things Considered online now.

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Rejects Calls To Renounce

Muqtada Rejects Calls To Renounce

Muqtada rejects Calls to Renounce Violence Reuters is now reporting that Muqtada al-Sadr has rejected an appeal by Muhammad Bahr al-Ulum and other Shiite clerics […]

Juan Cole

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