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Was Colonialism a Crime?  Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule
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Was Colonialism a Crime? Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule

Juan Cole

Bennoune He wrote not only of innumerable massacres by French commanders of local populations but also of a vast transfer of landed wealth

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West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

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From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

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Basra Battle between Mahdi Army and British In apparent retaliation for the killing of their commander, Mahdi Army militiamen launched a fierce 2 and a […]

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6 Us Gis Killed Sunnis Reject Petroleum

6 Us Gis Killed Sunnis Reject Petroleum

6 US GIs Killed Sunnis Reject Petroleum Bill Reuters reports guerrilla violence on Friday. The killing of 6 US GIs was announced. Iraqi security forces […]

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Us Public Skeptical Of Surge 72

US Public Skeptical of “Surge,” 72% Disapprove of Bush’s Handling of Iraq It isn’t amazing that 61% of Americans think the US should never have […]

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Cheney Conniving At Iran War Says Bush

Cheney Conniving at Iran War Says Bush Cannot be Trusted Shorter Steve Clemons: Cheney and his staff are colluding with the Neoconservatives at the American […]

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Iraq
Muqtada Renews Call For Us Departure

Muqtada Renews Call For Us Departure

Muqtada Renews call for US Departure Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, the young Shiite nationalist cleric, preached openly at Kufa before about 1,000 worshippers for the first […]

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Democratic Party Divided On Iraq

Democratic Party Divided On Iraq

Democratic Party Divided on Iraq Supplemental Although everyone is syaing that September is now the potential turning point in congressional support for the Iraq War, […]

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Sadr And Shiite Politics Sawt Al Iraq

Sadr And Shiite Politics Sawt Al Iraq

Sadr and Shiite Politics Sawt al-Iraq carries a report that Muqtada al-Sadr is back in Najaf after travels in Lebanon and Iran. The US military […]

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Iraq
Guerrillas Kill 9 Us Gis Over 100 Dead

Guerrillas Kill 9 Us Gis Over 100 Dead

Guerrillas Kill 9 US GIs Over 100 Dead in New Wave of Violence Sectarian Killings at forefront Again Sunni Arab guerrillas killed 9 US GIs […]

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Bushies Just Made It Up Saddam Al Qaeda

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The Bushies Just Make it Up: Iraq & al-Qaeda Bush was out there again on Wednesday trying to link Iraq to al-Qaeda and maintaining that […]

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