2021-07-31 Update

Hi All! Greetings to all the new sign-ups, we appreciate your interest! Please, everyone, feel free to chime in with commentary on the material being presented. Comments on this site are moderated but the bar is pretty low: as long as your post does not appear to be gibberish spam or a link to a […]

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2021-07-01

This opinion piece, “Biden can checkmate Iranian influence in Iraq“, discusses water+electricity as well as Kadhimi’s apparent pivot toward Iran in the context of the tense relationship between Iraqi and Iranian Shi’ites. It concludes: Perhaps it is time to recognize that the key to delegitimizing and defeating Iran’s militias in Iraq is through not only […]

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