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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

03/15/2026 By Truthdig

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90% of NSA Data from non-Targets, 1/2 accounts had info on US Citizens

90% of NSA Data from non-Targets, 1/2 accounts had info on US Citizens

By Jon Queally Washington Post reveals unprecedented look at how 'voyeuristic' spy agency manages private communications it collects New reporting by the Washington Post based […]

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5 Most alarming Developments in Iraq

5 Most alarming Developments in Iraq

By Juan Cole 1. Airstrikes killed 7 and wounded 30 in Mosul on Sunday. But it isn’t clear who was flying the planes! The US […]

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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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Economy
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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