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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”
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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

Juan Cole

What I like about Pope Leo’s remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

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The Putinization of America

The Putinization of America

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Eagan Guest Op-Ed A Vietnam Vet Recognizes Iraq Frustrations

Eagan Guest Op-Ed A Vietnam Vet Recognizes Iraq Frustrations

In response to the NYT op-ed by specialists and sergeants on Sunday, Jerry Eagan writes with his own experiences: Dr. Cole. In July, 1967, while […]

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Al-Hashimi’s Party will not Rejoin Government For Now; NYT Op-Ed from Soldiers on the Ground

Al-Hashimi’s Party will not Rejoin Government For Now; NYT Op-Ed from Soldiers on the Ground

As Bill Maher has quipped, we have had a balanced set of commentaries on the Iraq War on television news. We have heard from the […]

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Ammar al-Hakim

Ammar al-Hakim

The USG Open Source Center translates a recent speech of Ammar al-Hakim, who is functioning as acting leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council while […]

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Iraq
Maliki Seeks Sunni Support in Tikrit 4 Party Coalition slammed as Elitist Expatriates

Maliki Seeks Sunni Support in Tikrit 4 Party Coalition slammed as Elitist Expatriates

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the purpose of PM Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Tikrit (Saddam Hussein’s old home base) was to convince some tribal notables […]

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Iraq
4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in Baghdad Bombing

4-Party Coalition for al-Maliki; Basra Deteriorating; 9 Dead in Baghdad Bombing

Four parties have formed a coalition in parliament to support Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. They are the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the Islamic Call (Da`wa) […]

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Iraq
Pan Arab Talk Shows on Iraq: OSC

Pan Arab Talk Shows on Iraq: OSC

Here are the Iraq-related conversations in the USG Open Source Center roundup of Pan-Arab satellite talk shows for the past week. For the non-Iraq portions, […]

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Iraq
Thousands of Sadrists Protest Arrests; Sinjar Bombings Worst Ever

Thousands of Sadrists Protest Arrests; Sinjar Bombings Worst Ever

Patrick Cockburn correctly put the bombings in Sinjar province in the context of the upcoming referendum on whether the oil-rich Kirkuk province will accede to […]

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Iraq
Cole on Lehrer

Cole on Lehrer

Just taped a segment for the Lehrer News Hour on Iraq. Will be aired today, 8/15.

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Bombing of Yazidis; Summit Fizzles

Bombing of Yazidis; Summit Fizzles

Local officials in the two villages of of Al-Qataniyah and Al-Adnaniyah in northern Iraq (not far from Mosul) maintained Wednesday morning that 4 car bombs […]

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