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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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A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger

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Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police

Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police

Kurdish control of Kirkuk creates a powder keg in Iraq, the NYT explains this morning: ‘ it demonstrates that despite a recent decline in violence, […]

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Musharraf Resigns

Musharraf Resigns

Al-Jazeera International on the career of Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf, who just stepped down to avoid impeachment.

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Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia

Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia

Ooops. Fox News Interviews an Ossetian-American 12-year-old girl who thanks Russian troops for saving her from Georgian aggression. But Fox News was obviously not happy […]

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Iraq
Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation; Seniora to Baghdad

Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation; Seniora to Baghdad

A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed 15 and wounded 29 in al-Adhamiya on Sunday. This neighborhood is what’s left of the Sunni enclave on the […]

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Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk Crisis

Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk Crisis

The struggle over the oil city of Kirkuk has so far derailed provincial elections in Iraq. Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk crisis (part 1) Aljazeera […]

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Bombers hit Karbala Pilgrims for Third Straight Day

Bombers hit Karbala Pilgrims for Third Straight Day

Bombers struck at Shiite pilgrims for the third straight day on Sunday, killing as many as six new victims. This despite extensive security measures in […]

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Aljazeera: War Crimes in Georgia and Ossetia

Aljazeera: War Crimes in Georgia and Ossetia

Ethnic cleansing of Georgians by Ossetians? Georgian plans to wipe out Ossetians? Aljazeera International reports on claims and counter-claims of war crimes.

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McSame is Getting even More Same

McSame is Getting even More Same

“Approval Ratings: The Public v. McCain”

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Kahl: Iran Tamed Mahdi Army; Al-Maliki May attack Sunni Awakening Councils

Kahl: Iran Tamed Mahdi Army; Al-Maliki May attack Sunni Awakening Councils

Colin Kahl, just back from Iraq, gave a briefing that Gareth Porter attended. He reports that: 1. US officials in Baghdad are genuinely worried that […]

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