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Dem Leaders Are Pretending that U.S. Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza
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Dem Leaders Are Pretending that U.S. Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza

Norman Solomon

San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]

Iran’s Water Crisis Opens A New Front With Israel

Iran’s Water Crisis Opens A New Front With Israel

08/26/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental Action across the World

‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental Action across the World

08/26/2025 By The Conversation

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US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

Reuters reports: ‘”The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq’s western Anbar […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US

Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US

A team of biologists at Lebanese American University estimates that 1 in 17 persons around the Mediterranean carries genetic markers distinctive to the ancient Phoenician […]

Juan Cole

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Muntazar to be Tried this Week; To Sue Security for Torture

Muntazar to be Tried this Week; To Sue Security for Torture

The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi for assaulting W. with a shoe will begin later this week in Baghdad. Al-Zaidi, who became a hero […]

Juan Cole

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Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"

Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"

I was in Long Beach,Ca. on Saturday for the annual conference of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, where Pastor Rick Warren and I were both […]

Juan Cole

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Ghoul’s Glossary: Shoewhack

Ghoul’s Glossary: Shoewhack

Shoewhack (v.) To assault someone with footwear in such a way as to humiliate that individual, especially at a moment of supposed triumph or obvious […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Parliament Defeats Bill on Foreign Troop Presence in 2009

Iraqi Parliament Defeats Bill on Foreign Troop Presence in 2009

The Iraqi parliament has rejected a draft bill submitted by the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki specifying the rules under which some 4,000 British […]

Juan Cole

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Officials Charged with Spying* Released

Officials Charged with Spying* Released

The employees of the Interior and Defense ministries who were arrested earlier this week were released on Friday at the insistence of Interior Minister Jawad […]

Juan Cole

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Bakshi: Polarization Breeds Terrorism

Bakshi: Polarization Breeds Terrorism

Gitanjali Bakshi writes in a guest op-ed for IC: “The Mumbai attacks and a potential resurrection of the ‘War on Terror’ threaten to polarize the […]

Juan Cole

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Top 10 Reasons Obama Should Resist Military Plans for American Bases in Iraq

Top 10 Reasons Obama Should Resist Military Plans for American Bases in Iraq

I present below the top 10 reasons for which President-Elect Obama should stick to his guns and withdraw US troops from Iraq despite any resistance […]

Juan Cole

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