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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy
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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy

Juan Cole

Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

03/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

03/14/2026 By Human Rights Watch

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Car Bomber Penetrates Green Zone 33 Deaths in Guerrilla Violence The Washington Post reports that “A car bomber penetrated the heavily fortified Green Zone in […]

Juan Cole

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Conyers On Arrest Of Antiwar

Conyers on Arrest of Antiwar Protesters Congressman John Conyers writes: ‘ September 27, 2005 Office of the Chief United States Park Police Dwight E. Pettiford […]

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Sunnis Seek Last Minute Changes In

Sunnis Seek Last-Minute changes in Constitution Shiite teachers in Baghdad and Iraqi police and 10 passengers on a government bus were killed in violence on […]

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Kos Diaries Daily Kos Diaries On Us

Kos Diaries Daily Kos Diaries on US troop withdrawals from Iraq: “Quit Your Bellyachin’”. and “Juan Cole says now is the time to leave Iraq” […]

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De Baathification Statistics Gilbert

De-Baathification Statistics Gilbert Achcar kindly shares his translation of the following from Al-Hayat: ‘ Ali al-Lami, member of the De-Ba’athification Commission, told Al-Hayat that the […]

Juan Cole

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British Spies In Basra Fighting

British Spies in Basra Fighting Weapons Smugglers 27 Killed, 62 Wounded in Violence Those two SAS special operations troops captured by the Basra police last […]

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Grand Ayatollah Ishaq Fayyads Fatwa In

Grand Ayatollah Ishaq Fayyad’s Fatwa in Favor the Constitution KarbalaNews.net [Arabic] publishes a copy of the fatwa by Grand Ayatollah Ishaq Fayyad in favor of […]

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Cole On Issue Issue Web Based

Cole on “The Issue” “The Issue,” a web-based interview show at Evolvetv.tv launches today with interviews of Juan Cole on Iraq. Given the meltdown during […]

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Rebuttal By Achcar Gilbert Achcar

Rebuttal by Achcar Gilbert Achcar replies to my response. I think we’ve reached the point where our positions are clear and I’m disinclined to respond […]

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