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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
Bahrain

Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

You Deserve Better, Iran

You Deserve Better, Iran

03/03/2026 By contributors

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

03/03/2026 By Norman Solomon

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As Pakistan says US Drones killed 400 Civilians, UN Report Demands US Data (Ross)

As Pakistan says US Drones killed 400 Civilians, UN Report Demands US Data (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A report by a UN expert urges the US to ‘release its own data on […]

Juan Cole

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Top 10 Ways Ted Cruz & the Tea Party Weakened America with Shutdown

Top 10 Ways Ted Cruz & the Tea Party Weakened America with Shutdown

1. The Cruz/Tea Party shut down of the US government cost the US economy $24 billion 2. As a result of the shutdown, fourth quarter […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars

The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars

A new household survey of Iraqis has projected the civilian death toll from the Bush administration’s invasion and occupation of Iraq at roughly 450,000. Passive […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Clown Capitol (Jamiol Cartoon)

Clown Capitol (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Iran
Top Ten Ways the US and Iran could avoid a Catastrophic War

Top Ten Ways the US and Iran could avoid a Catastrophic War

On Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, presented his government’s proposals for ending the international stand-off over Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. Iran maintains that […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Celebrating Dirty Gas & Oil is Our Planet’s Funeral   (Klare)

Celebrating Dirty Gas & Oil is Our Planet’s Funeral (Klare)

Michael T. Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com For years, energy analysts had been anticipating an imminent decline in global oil supplies.  Suddenly, they’re singing a new […]

Juan Cole

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Now the NSA has your Little Black Book

Now the NSA has your Little Black Book

Before the internet, we used to keep the names and telephone numbers of our friends and acquaintances in a little address book. Young people who […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Rep. Van Hollen on House Rule Change on Shutdown Vote: "Democracy has been Suspended!"

Rep. Van Hollen on House Rule Change on Shutdown Vote: “Democracy has been Suspended!”

Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) went viral in a YouTube video he released of his parliamentary inquiries on a change in House rules that forbade […]

Juan Cole

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Arms Industries have Washington lift Restrictions on Weapons Exports (Currier)

Arms Industries have Washington lift Restrictions on Weapons Exports (Currier)

Cora Currier writes for ProPublica The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates […]

Juan Cole

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