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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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History News Network 2 04 03 Fact

History News Network 2 04 03 Fact

History News Network 2-04-03: Fact & Fiction Did Saddam Gas the Kurds? In a recent New York Times op-ed, Stephen Pelletiere argued that the March, […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Courts Get This Have According

Iranian Courts Get This Have According

*The Iranian courts–get this–have according to some sources sentenced two pollsters to 7-8 years in prison because their poll showed that a majority of Iranians […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Astronaut Sultan B

Saudi Astronaut Sultan B

Saudi astronaut Sultan b. Salman b. Abdul-Aziz, the first Arab Muslim in space, said that the accident in which the shuttle Columbia was destroyed was […]

Juan Cole

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Asharq Al Awsat Reports That In Private

Asharq Al Awsat Reports That In Private

*Asharq al-Awsat reports that in private, many Iraqi embassy staff abroad have begun thinking about a post-Saddam Iraq and what it will mean for their […]

Juan Cole

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British Authorities Have Been Casting

British Authorities Have Been Casting

*British authorities have been casting about for some way to deal with Abu Hamza Misri, the fiery engineer-cum-preacher at Finsbury Park mosque who has preached […]

Juan Cole

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Ditty on Invading Iraq

Ditty on Invading Iraq

Fri Jan 31 02:36:10 2003 To: “[FS]” From: Juan Cole Subject: Re: FW: all sing X-Eudora-Signature: Dear [S]: This is delicious! cheers Juan At 04:20 […]

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How the Bush Administration will React if No WMD is Found in Iraq

How the Bush Administration will React if No WMD is Found in Iraq

Thu Jan 30 13:44:34 2003 To: infoco@yahoogroups.com From: Juan Cole Subject: 30 Jan. 2003 X-Eudora-Signature: *The question was raised on a list of what would […]

Juan Cole

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Question Was Raised On List Of What

Question Was Raised On List Of What

*The question was raised on a list of what would happen if the US invaded Iraq and found there were not weapons of mass destruction […]

Juan Cole

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Cynical about Bush Administration Motives for Attacking Iraq

Cynical about Bush Administration Motives for Attacking Iraq

Republished from Cole’s private email archives, 7/1/2012 Thu Jan 30 12:21:18 2003 To: [JP] From: Juan Cole Subject: Re: Iraq WMD – Potential or Actual? […]

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