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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?

02/22/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 Americans, Wounds 9

Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 Americans, Wounds 9

The killing of two American servicemen and the wounding of 9 others by a Kurdish member of Iraqi special operations unit on Tuesday at Tuz […]

Juan Cole

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Hellegers: American Income Inequality is the Cause of our Crisis

Hellegers: American Income Inequality is the Cause of our Crisis

Plutarch, writing almost 2,000 years ago, told us that “an imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” […]

Juan Cole

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'Burn the Qur'an Day' Endangers US Troops: Petraeus

‘Burn the Qur’an Day’ Endangers US Troops: Petraeus

Every day for the past few days there have been demonstrations in Afghanistan against the scheme of the Christian fundamentalist Dove World Outreach Center in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Jordanian Responses to President Obama’s Iraq Speech

Jordanian Responses to President Obama’s Iraq Speech

The USG Open Source Center summarizes Jordanian editorials on the end of US major combat in Iraq and the future of that country, as well […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Military Acts Swiftly to Avert Minibus Bombing at Rusafa HQ

Iraqi Military Acts Swiftly to Avert Minibus Bombing at Rusafa HQ

Five suicide bombers set off a minibus bomb outside the military facility at the old Defense Ministry building in Baghdad around 10 am on Sunday, […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Toll in Quetta Bombing Rises to 65

Toll in Quetta Bombing Rises to 65

The death toll rose to 65 in Friday’s deadly suicide bombing of a Shiite rally in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province in Pakistan. The […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Shiites Choose Adel Abdul Mahdi as PM Candidate

Shiites Choose Adel Abdul Mahdi as PM Candidate

Al-Hayat writing in Arabic reports that the Shiite fundamentalist coalition, the National Iraqi Alliance, has conducted a vote and selected Adel Abdul Mahdi as the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Collapse of Kabul Bank Points to Fatal Corruption of Karzai Government

Collapse of Kabul Bank Points to Fatal Corruption of Karzai Government

I write in anger. Not blind rage, mind you. A cool, searing, steady anger. I think it is a righteous anger. It is not consequential, […]

Juan Cole

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Dems Reluctant to Allow Taxes on Rich to Rise

Dems Reluctant to Allow Taxes on Rich to Rise

AP says more Democrats are reluctant to allow taxes to rise on the rich. It is a matter of despair to me that the constituents […]

Juan Cole

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