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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

01/30/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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Saddam Trial May Backfire Following

Saddam Trial May Backfire Following

Saddam Trial May Backfire The following interview appeared in the Ann Arbor News on Sunday. In it I take a contrarian stand. I know that […]

Juan Cole

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Wave Of Assassinations Against

Wave Of Assassinations Against

Wave of Assassinations Against Baathists in Wake of Saddam’s Capture Even before Saddam was captured on Dec. 13, a wave of assassinations of former Baathist […]

Juan Cole

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2 Us Soldiers Wounded 3 Iraqi Police

2 Us Soldiers Wounded 3 Iraqi Police

2 US Soldiers Wounded; 3 Iraqi police Killed by US Troops According to MSNBC, attacks on US forces and Iraqi police in the past few […]

Juan Cole

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Lessons Of Libya War Isnt Always

Lessons Of Libya War Isnt Always

Lessons of Libya: War isn’t always Necessary Hawks in Washington will attempt to make the argument that Libya’s sudden willingness to give up its weapons […]

Juan Cole

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Coalition Iraqi Police Extensively

Coalition Iraqi Police Extensively

Coalition, Iraqi Police Extensively Infiltrated by Oppositionist Spies Chris Marks of the Scotsman reviews the ways in which the Coalition military and the Iraqi police […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld Bechtel And Iraq Well

Rumsfeld Bechtel And Iraq Well

Rumsfeld, Bechtel and Iraq Well, the Democratic Party seems too nice or inept to do anything with it, but as the Washington Post points out, […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Shiite Badr Brigade Hq In

Breaking News Shiite Badr Brigade Hq In

Breaking News: Shiite Badr Brigade HQ in Baghdad Bombed According to CNN, a huge bomb demolished the headquarters of the paramilitary Badr Brigade in Baghdad, […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed Another Wounded

1 Us Soldier Killed Another Wounded

1 US Soldier Killed, Another Wounded along with Translator Guerrillas in northwest Baghdad mounted an ambush late Wednesday on a 1st Armored Division convoy, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim To Ash Sharq Al Awsat Saddam

Al Hakim To Ash Sharq Al Awsat Saddam

Al-Hakim to ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Saddam must be Tried in Iraq In an interview with the London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat, Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, current […]

Juan Cole

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