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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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Guest Editorial: Fisher, “Iraq: Real News from the Battlefield” An Eyewitness Account from Iraq IRAQ: REAL NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD By William Fisher I long […]

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24 Dead Dozens Wounded Sunnis Charge

24 Dead, Dozens Wounded Sunnis Charge Ethnic Cleansing Dulaimi Pledges end to Mosque Invasions AP reports that guerrillas killed at least 24 persons in Iraq […]

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Revenge Of Stiff Or He Asked For It

Revenge of the Stiff Or, He Asked for It CNN reports that Star Wars director George Lucas said his movies could apply to the Iraq […]

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Guantanamo Controversies Bible And

Guantanamo Controversies The Bible and the Koran The report in Newsweek that the US military desecrated the Koran as part of an attempt to break […]

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Over 30 Bodies Found Usa Today Ap

Over 30 Bodies Found USA Today/ AP report that on Sunday, more than 30 bodies were found in three separate sites. The bodies of thirteen […]

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Sistani Aide Killed Shiites

Sistani Aide Killed Shiites

Sistani Aide Killed Shiites Demonstrate Against Kuwait, Nancy Ajram in Karbala Two clerics, one Sunni and one Shiite, were assassinated over the weekend. Guerrillas shot […]

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Saudi Jihadis Return Disappointed From

Saudi Jihadis Return Disappointed From al-Hayat of May 14 via BBC World Monitoring: ‘ Al-Hayat has learnt that two Saudi brothers who went to Iraq […]

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British Question Us Terms Of

British Question US terms of Engagement with the Enemy A Baghdad car bomb killed 4 on Saturday. The British officer corps is continuing in its […]

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Did the Elections Make things Worse? Hannah Allam of Knight Ridder raises the question of whether the January 30 elections made the situation in Iraq […]

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