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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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Reply To Yglesias On Palestine Matthew

Reply To Yglesias On Palestine Matthew

Reply to Yglesias on Palestine Matthew Yglesias, a philosopher who runs a very interesting web site, cited my piece on 2/2/04 about Muqtada al-Sadr’s objecting […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 56 Dead Over 200 Wounded In

At Least 56 Dead Over 200 Wounded In

At least 56 dead, over 200 Wounded in Irbil Blasts Suicide bombers blew up the headquarters of the two major Kurdish political parties in Irbil […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada To Electricity Minister Over

Muqtada To Electricity Minister Over

Muqtada to Electricity Minister over Israel: “Go to Hell!” According to AFP, Aiham al-Samarrai, interim minister of electricity in Iraq, has said that although Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Muslim Brotherhood Heads Up Iraq Under

Muslim Brotherhood Heads Up Iraq Under

Muslim Brotherhood Heads up Iraq under Americans AFP reports that the president of the Interim Governing Council for February is Muhsin Abdul Hamid, the leader […]

Juan Cole

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Details Of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law

Details Of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law

Details of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas [“Firebrand”: Arabic URL] has published a draft of the Fundamental Law on which the Interim […]

Juan Cole

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14 Dead In Iraq Attacks Including 3 Us

14 Dead In Iraq Attacks Including 3 Us

14 Dead in Iraq Attacks, including 3 US Soldiers Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill 3 US troops near Kirkuk on Saturday. Another group […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Seek Something Close To Free

Shiites Seek Something Close To Free

Shiites Seek Something Close to Free Elections A glimpse of the likely strategy of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and his chief aides can be found […]

Juan Cole

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Senior Us Officials Knew In May There

Senior Us Officials Knew In May There

Senior US Officials Knew in May there was no WMD in Iraq The Observer reports that “US military survey teams sent to visit suspected sites […]

Juan Cole

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Rieff On Iraqi Shiites David Rieffs

Rieff On Iraqi Shiites David Rieffs

Rieff on Iraqi Shiites David Rieff”s excellent firsthand report from Iraq on the Shiite movements there in the New York Times magazine is now available […]

Juan Cole

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