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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
Bahrain

Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

03/03/2026 By Norman Solomon

How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

03/02/2026 By Dan Steinbock

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Statement Of Qaeda Al Jihad In Europe

Statement Of Qaeda Al Jihad In Europe

Statement of Qaeda al-Jihad in Europe This is my translation of the statement posted at the al-Qal3ah website claiming credit for the London bombings. – […]

Juan Cole

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Implications Of London Bombing Attack

Implications Of London Bombing Attack

Implications of London Bombing The attack on London is not something it is easy for me to talk about in dry analytical terms. I’ve lived […]

Juan Cole

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16 Killed 39 Wounded In Guerrilla

16 Killed 39 Wounded In Guerrilla

16 Killed, 39 Wounded in Guerrilla Violence Foreign Jihadis Target Shiite Badr Corps Al-Zaman: A statement attributed to Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has announced […]

Juan Cole

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103 Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand

103 Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand

103 Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Withdrawal of US Troops Gilber Achcar kindly shares his translation of an al-Hayat article: ‘[More than] 103 MPs Demand a Timetable […]

Juan Cole

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More On Exit Strategies Informed

More On Exit Strategies Informed

More on Exit Strategies An informed reader writes, regarding the issue of an exit strategy from Iraq: ‘ First, most reasonable proposals run up against […]

Juan Cole

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Dulaimi To Iran No Attack By Us From

Dulaimi To Iran No Attack By Us From

Dulaimi to Iran: No attack by US from Iraq AMS Repudiates Call for Sunni Votes Al-Hayat reports that Iraqi Minister of Defense Saadoun Dulaimi is […]

Juan Cole

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Russia China Central Asia Call For Us

Russia China Central Asia Call For Us

Russia, China, Central Asia Call for US Withdrawal The members of something called the Shanghai Cooperation Council are trying to push the United States back […]

Juan Cole

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Bahrain Diplomat Wounded In Baghdad

Bahrain Diplomat Wounded In Baghdad

Bahrain Diplomat Wounded in Baghdad Bombing Near Iran Embassy The Bahraini charge d’affaires in Baghdad was shot in the hand while he was on his […]

Juan Cole

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British Operations In Southern Iraq

British Operations In Southern Iraq

British Operations in Southern Iraq A British reservist writes: With regard to your recent comment regarding the South of Iraq: “Most of that area has […]

Juan Cole

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