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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Bombing in Charsadda Kills 34

Bombing in Charsadda Kills 34

A suicide bomber detonated his payload in a market in Charsadda, a half hour drive northeast of Peshawar in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. LAT quotes […]

Juan Cole

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Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Afghan insurgent and former prime minister Gulbadin Hikmatyar has told Aljazeera that Usama Bin Laden is alive and well. Hikmatyar, once the recipient of 20 […]

Juan Cole

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Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Afghan insurgent and former prime minister Gulbadin Hikmatyar has told Aljazeera that Usama Bin Laden is alive and well. Hikmatyar, once the recipient of 20 […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament approved the electoral law to govern the elections scheduled for early next year. The vote was 141 […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament approved the electoral law to govern the elections scheduled for early next year. The vote was 141 […]

Juan Cole

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Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Hussein Ibish writes in a guest commentary for Informed Comment Last Thursday on Informed Comment, Juan Cole uttered a powerful cris de coeur about prospects […]

Juan Cole

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Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Hussein Ibish writes in a guest commentary for Informed Comment Last Thursday on Informed Comment, Juan Cole uttered a powerful cris de coeur about prospects […]

Juan Cole

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Baradei says Inspectors found 'Nothing;' But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Baradei says Inspectors found ‘Nothing;’ But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Muhammad Elbaradei, said that UN inspectors this week discovered “nothing to be worried about” at a new […]

Juan Cole

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Baradei says Inspectors found 'Nothing;' But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Baradei says Inspectors found ‘Nothing;’ But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Muhammad Elbaradei, said that UN inspectors this week discovered “nothing to be worried about” at a new […]

Juan Cole

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