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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed
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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi’a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump’s “unjust war”

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

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Kobane Kurds fight off ISIL Assault, as Shells land in Turkey

Kobane Kurds fight off ISIL Assault, as Shells land in Turkey

By Juan Cole Kurdish forces at Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) on Saturday fought off an assault by ISIL that sought to cut the city off from […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Armed Israeli Squatters attack Jerusalem Home of Returning Pilgrim

Armed Israeli Squatters attack Jerusalem Home of Returning Pilgrim

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Armed Jewish settlers on Thursday attacked a Palestinian home in the al-Suwanna neighborhood on the Mount of Olives east of the Old […]

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Culture
Exclusive: Laura Poitras on the Edward Snowden documentary

Exclusive: Laura Poitras on the Edward Snowden documentary

Channel 4 News Channel 4 News: “Laura Poitras’ movie CITIZENFOUR captures the man at the centre of today’s Watergate moment – Edward Snowden – in […]

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Culture
Rosewater:  Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari talk about their Film

Rosewater: Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari talk about their Film

BBC News “Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari talk to the BBC’s Andrew Marr about their film ‘Rosewater’. The film is based on Bahari’s memoir ‘Then […]

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Arab World
Why is this Man Smiling?  Iranian Officials say Confidant of US Deal on Nuclear

Why is this Man Smiling? Iranian Officials say Confidant of US Deal on Nuclear

By Juan Cole Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear energy agency, expressed confidence that the few remaining issues between the UN Security Council […]

Juan Cole

Health
Can Marijuana save your Life in a Car Collision?

Can Marijuana save your Life in a Car Collision?

TheLipTV “Marijuana users’ brains survive traumatic brain injury at higher rates, according to a study conducted on 446 participants, which showed that those with THC […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Daily Struggle of 100,000 Kurdish Refugees from Kobane in Turkey

Daily Struggle of 100,000 Kurdish Refugees from Kobane in Turkey

Vice News “When Islamic State jihadists launched a major offensive on the majority Kurdish town of Kobane in September, more than 180,000 people fled across […]

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Iraq
Top 7 Ways US Intervention in Iraq/Syria could turn Catastrophic

Top 7 Ways US Intervention in Iraq/Syria could turn Catastrophic

By Peter Van Buren via Tomdispatch.com What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Seven Worst-Case Scenarios in the Battle with the Islamic State By Peter Van Buren […]

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Health
Ebola & Immigrants and Muslims, Oh My!  Operating the Fear Machine

Ebola & Immigrants and Muslims, Oh My! Operating the Fear Machine

by Rebecca Gordon Like many people around the world, four-star Marine General John Kelley is really worried about Ebola. But he’s not worried about the […]

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