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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025:  The US and the Middle East
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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

The big victors in the rise of a Lebanon-Syria-Jordan Sunni Crescent are Turkiye and the Sunni Arab Gulf monarchies

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Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

12/28/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

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Mosul Police Station blown Up, many Dead 31 Killed Saturday, Dozens Wounded Mosul: A suicide bomber detonated his payload at the central police station in […]

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6 Us Military Personnel Killed 13

6 Us Military Personnel Killed 13

6 US Military Personnel Killed, 13 Wounded at Fallujah Women Targeted A bomber targeted a Marine convoy near Fallujah coming back from a checkpoint, then […]

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Student Unions In Iraq Call For

Student Unions [in Iraq] Call for Withdrawal of Occupation Troops Gilbert Achcar kindly sends along his translation of this newspaper article: ‘ Student Unions [in […]

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Does Karl Rove Hate Our Liberties And

Does Karl Rove Hate our Liberties and Way of Life? ‘ At a Manhattan fund-raiser Wednesday night, the flamboyant architect of Bush’s two presidential campaigns […]

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Jaafari In Washington Weeping Madman

Jaafari in Washington Weeping Madman in Sweltering Baghdad Robin Wright and Jim VandeHei of the Washington Post profile the meeting of Ibrahim Jaafari with George […]

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Al Duri Leads Baath Birth Of His

Al-Duri Leads Baath Birth of His Daughter in Mosul Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri [al-Douri] just had a daughter in Mosul, according to al-Hayat. The article says, […]

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Un And Trying Bush More On My Un

UN and Trying Bush More on my UN Option for Iraq. By the way, someone over at the Kos discussion (scroll down) said that there […]

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Stirling Newberry On Un Option And

Stirling Newberry on UN Option And the Great Oil Price Shock of Gulf War IV Stirling Newberry doesn’t think the UN has enough troops for […]

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Abizaid Cost In Blood And Treasure 2nd

Abizaid: “Cost in Blood and Treasure” 2nd Lt.: “The War is Lost” Vice President Dick Cheney needs to talk to his generals more often. Michael […]

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