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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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Sistani Sunnis Must Have Effective

Sistani: Sunnis Must have Effective Participation Al-Hayat: [What follows is a paraphrase:] A source close to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf affirmed Saturday that […]

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Election Woes Nancy Yousef Of Knight

Election Woes Nancy Yousef of Knight Ridder reports from Baghdad that campaigning for the January 30 elections has worsened ethnic tensions. Her interviews with university […]

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Guerrillas Kill 9 Us Troops 18 Bodies

Guerrillas Kill 9 US Troops 18 Bodies of Lured Workers Found in Mosul Guerrillas in northwest Baghdad detonated a roadside bomb on Thursday evening as […]

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Saudi Tsunami Fundraising Drive Raises

Saudi Tsunami Fundraising Drive Raises over $30 million in First Day Saudi Arabia Television held a fundraising drive for the victims of the tsunami and […]

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Mysterious Us Strike In Irbil

Mysterious US strike in Irbil Condemned by Kurds The US military appears to have become convinced that Ansar al-Sunnah, a breakaway group from the largely […]

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Murphy Sunnis Not Registered Dan

Murphy: Sunnis not Registered Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor reports from Baghdad that many Sunni Arab families in Iraq are not registered to […]

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Car Bomb At Hilla Police Academy Kills

Car Bomb at Hilla Police Academy Kills at Least 20 Guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside a police academy in Hilla, a city of 500,000, […]

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Baghdad Governor 6 Bodyguards

Baghdad Governor, 6 Bodyguards Assassinated 5 US Troops, 10 Iraqi Commandoes also Killed The pro-American governor of Baghdad and his convoy were ambushed on Tuesday […]

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