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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health
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Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

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Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

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Al-Anbar Leader Condemns Iraqi Gov. as Sectarian Wants US Out

Al-Anbar Leader Condemns Iraqi Gov. as Sectarian Wants US Out

So whatever happened to Fallujah? Hard to get news from the city. Can they drive personal cars again, yet? Apparently the US military has built […]

Juan Cole

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McCain runs on Iraq in Michigan

McCain runs on Iraq in Michigan

My new Salon.com column is out, entitled McCain runs on Iraq in Michigan. The Intro is here: On the stump in Michigan, John McCain campaigns […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Kurds Miffed by New Coalition

Kurds Miffed by New Coalition

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that altogether 150 deputies in parliament (well over a majority) signed a memorandum of agreement aimed at resolving the most contentious […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Muqtada al-Sadr Denounces Bush

Muqtada al-Sadr Denounces Bush

The USG Open Source Center translates a statement by Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr condemning Bush’s Middle East tour. “Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr Statement Condemns President Bush’s […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
12 Parties Sign Letter of Understanding: Seek to Block Kurds from Taking Kirkuk

12 Parties Sign Letter of Understanding: Seek to Block Kurds from Taking Kirkuk

Several Sunni, Shiite and secular political parties have come together in a new pact aimed at challenging the dominant coalition of the Kurdistan Alliance and […]

Juan Cole

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New Iraqi Law on Baath Worries Ex-Baathists

New Iraqi Law on Baath Worries Ex-Baathists

So the big political news today is that the Iraqi parliament on Saturday finally passed a revision of the “De-baathification” law issued by US viceroy […]

Juan Cole

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Yamli Arabic software

Yamli Arabic software

My readers sometimes ask me about Arabic software tools for the web. I just wanted to flag for them Yamli.com, which I’m finding a real […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again

4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again

PM Nuri al-Maliki called for widened political participation. He appears to be working on a compromise that might bring the parties of Iyad Allawi and […]

Juan Cole

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US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication

US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication

The Bush administration’s assertion that 5 small Iranian boats confronted big, well-armed US ships in the Straits of Hormuz and threatened to blow up the […]

Juan Cole

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