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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

Iraq
9 US Troops Killed; 250,000 Civilians Dead in Bush’s War?

9 US Troops Killed; 250,000 Civilians Dead in Bush’s War?

Sunni Arab guerrillas have killed 9 US soldiers in the past two days. They killed 6 and wounded 4 with a bomb in a booby-trapped […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain Republicans’ anti-War Candidate; Sunnis Fear Return of Baghdad Violence;

McCain Republicans’ anti-War Candidate; Sunnis Fear Return of Baghdad Violence;

In the US, here is an irony. John McCain, “Mr. Surge,” who dreams of a century-long US occupation of Iraq, was the anti-war candidate for […]

Juan Cole

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