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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

01/07/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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Karzai Takes Steps to Regain Lost Momentum

Karzai Takes Steps to Regain Lost Momentum

Incumbent Afghan president Hamid Karzai is clearly feeling the breath of his main rival in the presidential contest on the back of his neck. He […]

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Kurdish, Arab Leaders Accuse Each other of Terrorism over Ninevah Attacks; 12 Killed, 52 Wounded in Iraq Attacks;

Kurdish, Arab Leaders Accuse Each other of Terrorism over Ninevah Attacks; 12 Killed, 52 Wounded in Iraq Attacks;

In Baghdad, two bombs went off near a falafel stand and killed 8 and wounded 21 persons Al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports in Arabic […]

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No Health Reform for Gaza; But Death Panels they Have

No Health Reform for Gaza; But Death Panels they Have

While Americans are debating their own health system, they are unindicted co-conspirators in an effort to degrade the health, mental and physical, and to half-starve […]

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Hamas Crushes Islamist Group in Gaza

Hamas Crushes Islamist Group in Gaza

Some 22 militants died in fighting in Gaza between Hamas and the Army of God’s Helpers on Friday, the latter being a radical fundamentalist cult […]

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American Grassroots Diplomacy in Damascus

American Grassroots Diplomacy in Damascus

Check out this blog of an interesting experiment in American public diplomacy in Syria: “The American MidEast Leadership Network’s (AMLN’s) Virtual Scrapbook is an online […]

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7 Killed, 91 Wounded in Suicide Bombing at NATO HQ in Kabul

7 Killed, 91 Wounded in Suicide Bombing at NATO HQ in Kabul

A suicide bomber penetrated several rings of security in Kabul and detonated his payload outside NATO headquarters next to the American Embassy, killing 7 persons […]

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Epic Fail: Time Magazine on Uselessness of Exercise for Weight Loss

Epic Fail: Time Magazine on Uselessness of Exercise for Weight Loss

I am sure they are smart people, but every once in a while the journalists working for the mainstream media deliver themselves of the opinion […]

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Twin Bombings Kill 21 Yazidis; Al-Maliki Seeking ‘Nationalist’ Coalition

Twin Bombings Kill 21 Yazidis; Al-Maliki Seeking ‘Nationalist’ Coalition

Two suicide bombers hit a cafe in the Yazidi town of Sinjar, Iraq, on Thursday, killing at least 21 persons and wounded many more. The […]

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Cheney shoots W. in the Face with Memoirs

Cheney shoots W. in the Face with Memoirs

Former VP Richard Bruce Cheney says he will air his dissatisfactions with George W. Bush’s policies, especially in the second term when Cheney feels he […]

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