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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket
Donald Trump

Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Scott Corey

Among authoritarians, economics exists for the sake of political extraction, and private wealth is only permitted on condition of complicity

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

01/15/2026 By Middle East Studies Association

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

01/15/2026 By Truthdig

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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Hizb And Mahdi Do They Or Dont They

Hizb And Mahdi Do They Or Dont They

Hizb and Mahdi: Do they or Don’t they? The NYT was told by somebody in Washington that Hizbullah has trained between 1,000 and 2,000 Mahdi […]

Juan Cole

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