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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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One Year Later: Did Obama Win the Iraq War?

One Year Later: Did Obama Win the Iraq War?

President Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated a year ago, and this is a good time to review his major foreign policy success. It is, of […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Counter-Terrorism Scandals 2010

Top Ten Counter-Terrorism Scandals 2010

The new year is not very old, but several recent revelations cast the the US fight against al-Qaeda (a tiny if deadly fraternity of a […]

Juan Cole

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Study Finds Exposure to Chemical Pollutants Increases Fat:

Study Finds Exposure to Chemical Pollutants Increases Fat:

Study Finds Exposure to Chemical Pollutants Increases Fat: Scientific American Then there is the recent University of California study that indicates extra obesity risks from […]

Juan Cole

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Kabul attacks Video Update

Kabul attacks Video Update

Skynews has video of Monday’s coordinated bombings and attacks in Kabul. End/ (Not Continued)

Juan Cole

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Kabul gets the Baghdad Treatment from Taliban Bombers

Kabul gets the Baghdad Treatment from Taliban Bombers

The Taliban mounted their boldest and most ambitious assault on the capital of Kabul in recent years on Monday, with a series of well-coordinated bombings […]

Juan Cole

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MLK: The International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment

MLK: The International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment

We live in an even more regimented society than the 1950s and early 1960s. We live in a society where protests can be confined to […]

Juan Cole

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HAITI: Arab aid making its way

HAITI: Arab aid making its way

Reuters AlertNet – HAITI: Arab aid making its way I was watching Aljazeera Arabic and they noted that the Qatari aid plane had difficulty getting […]

Juan Cole

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Scott Brown implies that Obama was born out of Wedlock

Scott Brown implies that Obama was born out of Wedlock

Martha Coakley – Salon.com An evolution in the birthers and teabaggers? Joan Walsh points out that Republican candidate for senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown says […]

Juan Cole

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US, Canadian Soldiers Killed; Parliament again Slaps down Most Karzai Cabinet Picks; Charges of Corruption Dog Drug Czar, other Ministers

US, Canadian Soldiers Killed; Parliament again Slaps down Most Karzai Cabinet Picks; Charges of Corruption Dog Drug Czar, other Ministers

A US and a Canadian soldier were announced killed in hostile action in Afghanistan on Saturday. In a further blow to the his leadership, the […]

Juan Cole

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