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A Triple Entente?  Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact
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A Triple Entente? Türkiye interested in joining Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Security Pact

Juan Cole

Allies of the US in the Middle East no longer trust Washington to protect them from Israel

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

Trump’s Gaza Board and the Return of Colonialism

01/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

What Iran’s latest Protests tell us about Power, Memory and Resistance

01/19/2026 By The Conversation

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1 Us Soldier Killed 8 Iraqis Killed 25

1 Us Soldier Killed 8 Iraqis Killed 25

1 US Soldier Killed; 8 Iraqis killed, 25 Wounded in Car Bombings at Iraqi Police Stations Pro-Saddam Demonstrations in Falluja and Tikrit A roadside bomb […]

Juan Cole

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Successful Caucus Elections In Samawa

Successful Caucus Elections In Samawa

Successful Caucus Elections in Samawa Veteran Middle East reporter Nicholas Blanford writes in the Christian Science Monitor about the successes of the Coalition Provisional Authority […]

Juan Cole

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Reaction To Saddams Capture In Iran In

Reaction To Saddams Capture In Iran In

Reaction to Saddam’s Capture in Iran In 1980, Saddam Hussein launched a war on Iran, attempting to grab its oil-rich Khuzistan province, and beginning a […]

Juan Cole

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4 Us Troops Wounded In Kuwait According

4 Us Troops Wounded In Kuwait According

4 US troops Wounded in Kuwait According to Reuters, guerrillas in Kuwait attacked two US convoys moving through that country on Sunday in separate incidents, […]

Juan Cole

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Impact Of Saddam Arrest On Us Politics

Impact Of Saddam Arrest On Us Politics

Impact of Saddam Arrest on US Politics The capture of Saddam is probably more important for US politics than for the Iraqis. The Baath Party […]

Juan Cole

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Celebrations In Dearborn Arab Americans

Celebrations In Dearborn Arab Americans

Celebrations in Dearborn Arab-Americans in southwest Detroit came out into the frosty streets to celebrate Saddam’s capture, reports Nancy Youssef of the Detroit Free Press. […]

Juan Cole

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Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On Any Other

Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On Any Other

Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On any other day it would be front-page news. As Dawn notes, General Pervez Musharraf, who styles himself president of Pakistan, […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Joke About Capture Of Saddam Ash

Iraqi Joke About Capture Of Saddam Ash

Iraqi Joke about the Capture of Saddam Ash-Sharq al-Awsat says the following is making the rounds in Baghdad: ‘Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, the former Information Ministry […]

Juan Cole

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Rumors Of Iran Connection To Arrest Of

Rumors Of Iran Connection To Arrest Of

Rumors of Iran Connection to Arrest of Saddam Questioned Ali Nourizadeh, writing in the London-based Saudi daily, ash-Sharq al-Awsat, reports that rumors have swirled in […]

Juan Cole

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