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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?

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

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Un No Early Elections In Iraq Kofi

UN: No Early Elections in Iraq Kofi Annan released his report on Monday suggesting that direct elections can’t take place in Iraq until December of […]

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Rumsfeld Warns Iran And Syria Us

Rumsfeld Warns Iran and Syria US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had Iran and Syria exactly where they want him. he alleged that Syria accepted […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Wants Deep Un Involvement Al

Sistani wants Deep UN involvement Al-Sabah newspaper in Kuwait, quotes a statement put out by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Monday. DPA summarizes it: Sistani […]

Juan Cole

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Delaying Elections Is Time Bomb

Delaying Elections Is Time Bomb

Delaying Elections is a Time Bomb: Mudarrisi Wire services report that Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarrisi speculated that the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis on […]

Juan Cole

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About Half American Public Is

About Half the American Public is Terminally Stupid A new poll shows that 51% of Americans believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when […]

Juan Cole

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Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline near Karbala Blown Up Saboteurs have long prevented oil from being pumped from Kirkuk to Turkey through sabotage of the oil pipelines. But […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing at Kurdish Police Station Kills 13, Wounds Dozens Reuters now says that a suicide bomber killed himself and 13 policemen in an attack on […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al-Hakim to US: Stop Stalling on Elections AP reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), has […]

Juan Cole

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Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski on the Neoconservative Coup at the Pentagon The LA Weekly interviews Karen Kwiatkowsky, retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel, who watched the Neocon network […]

Juan Cole

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