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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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70 Killed In Iraq Diplomacy Of Iran May

70 Killed in Iraq Diplomacy of Iran May be Legacy of British Sailor Hostage Crisis The killings of 18 Iraqi, British and American soldiers by […]

Juan Cole

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Rash Of Kidnappings Of Dozens Of

Rash Of Kidnappings Of Dozens Of

Rash of Kidnappings of Dozens of Shiites Iraq Government misplaces or Steals $8 Billion AP reports that Sunni Arab guerrillas kidnapped 22 Shiite shepherds and […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Vs

Israel vs. Bush & the Neoconservatives on Syria? Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Damascus makes perfect sense as domestic US politics. The […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Breaking News: British Sailors Freed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced today that the 15 British sailors and Marines captured by Iran on March 23 would […]

Juan Cole

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11 Electricity Workers Killed At

11 Electricity Workers Killed At

11 Electricity Workers Killed at Checkpoint Democrats threaten to take On Bush on Iraq Funding Police discovered 14 bodies in Baghad, 7 in Baqubah and […]

Juan Cole

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Cole In Salon Irans New Hostage Crisis

Cole In Salon Irans New Hostage Crisis

Cole in Salon: Iran’s New Hostage Crisis My column, “Iran’s new hostage crisis,” is out at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ The capture by Iranian Revolutionary Guards […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
21 Shiites From Mccains Market Killed 3

21 Shiites From Mccains Market Killed 3

21 Shiites from McCain’s Market Killed 3 US Troops Killed Massive Truck Bomb at Kirkuk Remember that Baghdad market visited on Sunday by Senator John […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Television Surge Of Violence In

Iranian Television Surge Of Violence In

Iranian Television: Surge of Violence in Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian program discussing the increase of political violence in Iraq. Iranian […]

Juan Cole

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Hope Is Not Plan Thomas Mowles Edited

Hope Is Not Plan Thomas Mowles Edited

Hope is not A Plan Thomas Mowle’s edited book, Hope is not a Plan, is now available. Below is the amazon.com blurb. I have heard […]

Juan Cole

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