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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Al Hakim Us Troops Should Stay Urges

Al Hakim Us Troops Should Stay Urges

Al-Hakim: US Troops Should Stay; Urges harsher Measures against Sunni Guerrillas Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that Iraqi Shiite cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim for the first […]

Juan Cole

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Talabani Hakim Reject Intl Conference

Talabani Hakim Reject Intl Conference

Talabani, Hakim Reject Int’l Conference 9 GIs Killed The US military announced that Sunni Arab guerrillas have killed 9 GIs in Baghdad and al-Anbar over […]

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Rumsfelds Shocking Memo Over 100 Dead

Rumsfelds Shocking Memo Over 100 Dead

Rumsfeld’s Shocking Memo; Over 100 Dead in Sectarian Violence The NYT has gotten hold of a memo by Donald Rumsfeld detailing options on Iraq. Several […]

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Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20 Sistani

Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20 Sistani

Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20; Sistani Aide Warns against Violence, Blames Arab T.V. On Saturday morning, an empty fuel trucker slammed into people waiting at […]

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Dozens Of Bodies In Sinjar And Baghdad

Dozens Of Bodies In Sinjar And Baghdad

Dozens of Bodies in Sinjar and Baghdad 40% Increase in Violent Deaths in November AFP says that political violence left nearly 2000 dead in Iraq […]

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Bush Maliki Summit And New Middle East

Bush Maliki Summit And New Middle East

The Bush-Maliki Summit and the New Middle East Cold War Over 100 Bodies found in Past 48 Hours Al-Hayat writing in Arabic sums up the […]

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Bush Will Speed Turn Over Of Security

Bush Will Speed Turn Over Of Security

Bush Will Speed Turn-over of Security Responsibilities Maliki Skipped Weds. Banquet, Snubs Bush over Memo Bush will speed the transfer of security responsibilities to Iraqi […]

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Health Ministry Attacked Khamenei

Health Ministry Attacked Khamenei

Health Ministry Attacked Khamenei Calls for US Withdrawal Iraq’s Shiite-run Health Ministry was attacked again Weds. morning, presumably by Sunni Arab guerrillas. Thomas Ricks and […]

Juan Cole

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King Abdullah Ii Its Palestine Stupid

King Abdullah Ii Its Palestine Stupid

King Abdullah II: It’s Palestine, Stupid US Troops may Leave al-Anbar A surprise for Americans: The most urgent and destabilizing crisis in the Middle East […]

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