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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”
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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

Juan Cole

The star-studded list of signatories includes Margaret Atwood of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame; Mark Ruffalo a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk

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Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

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Top Five Mistakes of the McCain Campaign in the past Week

Top Five Mistakes of the McCain Campaign in the past Week

1. McCain and Palin called up fraudster Ashley Todd and ‘wishing her a speedy recovery’ after she lied about being attacked by a tall Black […]

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Al-Maliki Will Not Sign Security Agreement

Al-Maliki Will Not Sign Security Agreement

McClatchy reports that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has reneged on the security agreement that his office negotiated with the Bush administration, and now says he […]

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Palin the Plumber; Wardrobe Purchases Violate McCain-Feingold Law!

Palin the Plumber; Wardrobe Purchases Violate McCain-Feingold Law!

Young Turks on Sarah Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe, purchased at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue out of campaign contributions by the Republican National Committee. And, […]

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Iraq
13 Killed, 24 Wounded in Attack on Minister; More Christians Flee Mosul Sadrist Parliamentarians on Strike against Security Agreement

13 Killed, 24 Wounded in Attack on Minister; More Christians Flee Mosul Sadrist Parliamentarians on Strike against Security Agreement

A car bomber attacked a convoy he thought was conveying the Iraqi labor minister, Mahmoud al Radhi on Thursday, killing 13 persons and wounding 24, […]

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Iraq
Dabbagh Rejects Bush Pressure Tactics on Iraq; Al-Haeri Declares Security Agreement Illicit; Irrelevancy of Al-Qaeda on McCain

Dabbagh Rejects Bush Pressure Tactics on Iraq; Al-Haeri Declares Security Agreement Illicit; Irrelevancy of Al-Qaeda on McCain

Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh reacted sharply on Wednesday to comments of US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen last Tuesday […]

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US Kills 9 Afghan Troops; Kabul Security Declines

US Kills 9 Afghan Troops; Kabul Security Declines

The US military accidentally killed 9 Afghan soldiers in an air strike on Wednesday, one in a series of mistaken such aerial attacks in recent […]

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Iraq
Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement

Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement

The debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama about a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq may have just been overtaken by […]

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Iraq
When did McCain become a Neocon? Shiite MPs demand SOFA Renegotiation

When did McCain become a Neocon? Shiite MPs demand SOFA Renegotiation

Jonathan Landay carefully traces John McCain’s transformation from pragmatist to Neoconservative warmonger, which took place while Bush was still just a Texas politician. He rather […]

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Powell's Finest Moment

Powell’s Finest Moment

What is remarkable to me about Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press was its sincerity and the form of its reasoning. […]

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