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Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences
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Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences

Hugh J. Curran

the U.S. is approaching the precipice without articulating a vision as to what will follow, plunging toward a large-scale war against Iran

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

02/22/2026 By Juan Cole

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

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Everybody Leaks in Washington: What the Bradley Manning Trial Tells us about a Broken System (Schanzer)

DAVID SCHANZER writes at ISLAMiCOMMENTARY When you cut through the bluster and controversies surrounding the Bradley Manning/Wikileaks case, it raises a difficult unresolved question that […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Regime running out of Troops as Britain Threatens to arm Rebels

Syrian Regime running out of Troops as Britain Threatens to arm Rebels

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that he would veto the renewal of a European Union ban on weapons exports to Syria, and hinted […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Pakistan, Iran defy US Sanctions to Inaugurate Gas Pipeline

Pakistan, Iran defy US Sanctions to Inaugurate Gas Pipeline

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari on Monday inaugurated a gas pipeline that will supply Pakistani cities with Iranian natural gas. […]

Juan Cole

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Uh, Segregated Buses aren't the Issue on the West Bank, Folks

Uh, Segregated Buses aren’t the Issue on the West Bank, Folks

Russia Today reports on the controversy over Israel’s segregated bus lines for Palestinians coming in and out of the West Bank. UAE’s The National has […]

Juan Cole

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Saudis gone Wild

Saudis gone Wild

Saudi revelers put the “fire” in “celebratory fire”:

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Energy
Japan on the Anniversary of Fukushima: Anger, Protests and Hope

Japan on the Anniversary of Fukushima: Anger, Protests and Hope

On the two-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, 40,000 people rallied in downtown Tokyo against the current conservative government’s plans to start back up Japan’s […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks

Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks

Once again, the erratic president of Afghanistan, had US officials shaking their heads in disbelief after he gave a speech while Secretary of Defense Chuck […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistan: Violence against Christian Neighborhood rooted in Blasphemy Law, Union Contest

Pakistan: Violence against Christian Neighborhood rooted in Blasphemy Law, Union Contest

On Sunday, Pakistani police rounded up 70 suspects in the mass arson attacks on Saturday on the Christian neighborhood of Joseph Colony on Noor Road […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Cairo Burning:  The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution

Cairo Burning: The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution

Some two thousand angry youth in Port Said attempted to block ferries and sent speedboats into the canal zone, aiming at disrupting shipping in the […]

Juan Cole

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