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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace
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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as the first hostages were […]

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“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

10/14/2025 By Juan Cole

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

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Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons

Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons

The USG Open Source Center translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Eid al-Fitr Sermon, in which he categorically rejects the idea of Iran ever developing, possessing […]

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Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"

Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"

Iranian authorities maintained that they counted the ballots of a nationwide election in June in only about 10 hours and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad immediately claimed victory, […]

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Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program

Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program

Newsweek is reporting that the US intelligence community continues to assess that Iran is not working on getting a nuclear weapon. Iran insists that its […]

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Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’

Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’

Note: Revised 9/21/09 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a sermon on Friday for “Jerusalem Day” that is full of the most vile crackpot anti-Semitism that can […]

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Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80

Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80

A suicide bomber used a huge truck bomb to blow up the market in the Shiite village of Ustarzai, Kohat District, killing 33 and wounding […]

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6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded

6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded

Guerrillas attacked an Italian convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 6 Italian troops and 10 Afghan civilians, and wounding over 50 others. Italian PM Silvio […]

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Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea

Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea

President Barack Obama has scrapped an expensive ($56 bn so far) and probably useless “missile shield” program in the Czech Republic and Poland to which […]

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Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin

Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would wait for a while before deciding whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan. The administration is […]

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Goldstone Report Finds Israeli Military Guilty of War Crimes in Gaza

Goldstone Report Finds Israeli Military Guilty of War Crimes in Gaza

The Independent reports that a United Nations fact-finding inquiry has found that Israel committed war crimes during its attack on Gaza last winter, as did […]

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