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Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
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Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela

Juan Cole

The Bush administration attacked Iraq in 2003 without any foundation in international law.

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

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Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

Could MAGA Split over Trump’s Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America?

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Middle East Crisis:   Juan’s “Ask Me Anything” at Reddit Discussion

Middle East Crisis: Juan’s “Ask Me Anything” at Reddit Discussion

By Juan Cole Mirrored from LevantineWar at Reddit.com I am Juan Cole, author of the new book The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is […]

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Iraq
Shiite Volunteers: Asset for Iraqi Army or Drawback?

Shiite Volunteers: Asset for Iraqi Army or Drawback?

By Daoud al-Ali | Baghdad | niqash | Volunteers on the streets of Baghdad who have responded to the call to defend Iraq. Thousands of […]

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Highway Patrol Officer aims Knockout Punches at Woman along Freeway

Highway Patrol Officer aims Knockout Punches at Woman along Freeway

CNN: “A highway patrol officer was caught on camera hitting a woman with what a witness says were “knockout punches.” Aviva Shen at Thinkprogress writes: […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Generation Gap over Gen. al-Sisi: Arguing with your Mom

Egypt’s Generation Gap over Gen. al-Sisi: Arguing with your Mom

By Amr Kotb This conversation about the political situation in Egypt provides a good example of the generational gap numerous young Egyptians are struggeling with. […]

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Israel Lobby
Can Palestinians ever Get a Break in the American Press?

Can Palestinians ever Get a Break in the American Press?

By: Yazan al-Saadi As tragedy and uninterrupted terror strikes the besieged Palestinian population once more, Western media outlets have been busy producing and presenting articles […]

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Bring Back our Children: Palestine-Israel Children's Crusade by the Numbers

Bring Back our Children: Palestine-Israel Children’s Crusade by the Numbers

By Juan Cole The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people and the conflict it produces has in the past week taken on a horror-film aspect, […]

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Apartheid
Top Things you need to know about the next Israeli-Palestinian crisis

Top Things you need to know about the next Israeli-Palestinian crisis

By Hugh Lovatt “Destroying Hamas infrastructure and removing its leaders could also lead to de-centralisation” The abduction and killing of three young Israelis has brought […]

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Economy
China’s New Soft Power:  Transformers 4, X-Men & Hollywood

China’s New Soft Power: Transformers 4, X-Men & Hollywood

By Chris Homewood, University of Leeds What do The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Godzilla have in common? Aside from belonging […]

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Iran
How are Iran's Special Forces intervening in Iraq?

How are Iran’s Special Forces intervening in Iraq?

By Golnaz Esfandiari To help Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government battle militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Iran could […]

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