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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy
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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy

Juan Cole

Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

03/15/2026 By The Conversation

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

03/15/2026 By Truthdig

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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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Kofi Annan May Visit Iraq Tells Sistani

Kofi Annan May Visit Iraq Tells Sistani

Kofi Annan May visit Iraq; Tells Sistani Direct Elections Impractical Kofi Annan is seeking a Jan. 15 meeting with the countries involved in Iraq and […]

Juan Cole

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Should Saddam Be Executed Or Exhibited

Should Saddam Be Executed Or Exhibited

Should Saddam be Executed or Exhibited in Stocks and Spit on? Shiites Debate The Associated Press reports on the debate in the Shiite holy city […]

Juan Cole

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So This Is Liberation One Of Prime

So This Is Liberation One Of Prime

So this is Liberation? One of the prime messages the Bush Public Relations team has attempted to project to the US public is that the […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Recognizes Justice

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Recognizes Justice

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Recognizes Justice of Reparations to Iran Reuters reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the current president of the Interim Governing Council, has admitted […]

Juan Cole

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Convalescence For Iraqi Psyche Needed

Convalescence For Iraqi Psyche Needed

Convalescence for the Iraqi Psyche Needed: Sunni-Shiite Clashes in Wake of Saddam Capture Maureen Fan of Knight-Ridder observes that the capture of Saddam by the […]

Juan Cole

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Several Us Troops Wounded In Mosul And

Several Us Troops Wounded In Mosul And

Several US Troops Wounded in Mosul and near Kirkuk; Assassination and a Bomb in Baghdad AFP reports that 3 US soldiers were wounded in separate […]

Juan Cole

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Trials Of Trying Saddam Veteran Middle

Trials Of Trying Saddam Veteran Middle

The Trials of Trying Saddam Veteran Middle East journalist Helena Cobban reflects on a host of issues presented by the task of trying Saddam Hussein.

Juan Cole

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Economic Revival In Basra Accompanied

Economic Revival In Basra Accompanied

Economic Revival in Basra accompanied by Crime Wave Alisha Ryu argues in a report for the Voice of America that the southern city of Basra’s […]

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