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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

03/08/2026 By H. Patricia Hynes

Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

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Muqtada All Factions Must Participate

Muqtada All Factions Must Participate

Muqtada: All Factions Must Participate in Constitution-Making The Herald Sun reports that late on Friday, ‘ “A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a […]

Juan Cole

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Us Helicopter Shot Down 2 Soldiers

Us Helicopter Shot Down 2 Soldiers

US Helicopter Shot Down, 2 Soldiers Dead PM Jaafari launches a Campaign around Baghdad Guerrillas shot down a US helicopter near Baqubah on Thursday, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Blog Casting And Future Of Blog

Blog Casting And Future Of Blog

Blog-Casting and the Future of Blog Advertising Carl Bialik of the WSJ has an article on attempts to count various things about web logs, including […]

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Bombings And Assassinations Continue

Bombings And Assassinations Continue

Bombings and Assassinations Continue US Military Sweep in Haditha Thursday morning’s 70 minutes of mayhem began at 7:20 a.m. Baghdad time. Guerrillas detonated two bombs, […]

Juan Cole

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Islamism Versus Secularism In Iraq

Islamism Versus Secularism In Iraq

Islamism versus Secularism in Iraq: A Debate I saw this debate on al-Jazeera (Doha) on Sunday in Arabic at 17:15 GMT, on 22 May 05. […]

Juan Cole

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Sometimes You Are Just Screwed Readers

Sometimes You Are Just Screwed Readers

Sometimes You are Just Screwed Readers occasionally write me complaining that I do not offer any solutions to the problems in Iraq. Let me just […]

Juan Cole

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14 Us Troops Dead In 3 Days Civil War

14 Us Troops Dead In 3 Days Civil War

14 US Troops Dead in 3 Days Civil War in Telafar The Associated Press reports that a car bomb in Baghdad killed 3 US troops, […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Wounded News That Abu Musab Al

Zarqawi Wounded News That Abu Musab Al

Zarqawi Wounded? The news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have been wounded, reported at a jihadi web site, dominated US television news on Tuesday. I’m […]

Juan Cole

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49 Killed 130 Wounded In Iraqs Day Of

49 Killed 130 Wounded In Iraqs Day Of

49 Killed, 130 Wounded in Iraq’s Day of Rage Car bombs and other attacks killed at least 49 Iraqis on Monday and left at least […]

Juan Cole

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