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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza
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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza

Peter G. Prontzos

This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

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Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

08/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Naguib Mahfouz Rip Nobel Prize Winning

Naguib Mahfouz Rip Nobel Prize Winning

Naguib Mahfouz, RIP Nobel prize-winning Arabic novelist and short story writer Naguib Mahfouz is dead at 94. Do yourself a favor and read him. If […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Maintains Ending Us Occupation Of

Bush Maintains Ending Us Occupation Of

Bush Maintains ending US Occupation of Iraq will Infuriate Terrorists Bush says that ending the Iraq occupation will open America to a terrorist attack. I […]

Juan Cole

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Diwaniyah Ceasefire In Doubt Spike In

Diwaniyah Ceasefire In Doubt Spike In

Diwaniyah Ceasefire in Doubt Spike in Death toll Continues, with over 50 dead Dan Murphy of the CSM writes about the increasing fragmentation of Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli War On Lebanese Civilians

Israeli War On Lebanese Civilians

Israeli War on Lebanese Civilians Continues A top United Nations humanitarian official, Jan Egeland, said he was shocked on inspecting southern Lebanon to find it […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld Accuses Critics Of

Rumsfeld Accuses Critics Of

Rumsfeld Accuses Critics of Appeasement of Fascists The LA Times reports that ‘ Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday compared critics of the Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Americans Bombed Diwaniyah 26 Bodies

Americans Bombed Diwaniyah 26 Bodies

Americans bombed Diwaniyah 26 Bodies found in Baghad On Wednesday morning in Iraq, guerrillas set off a bomb outside a military recruiting center, killing 12 […]

Juan Cole

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Over 100 Killed In Iraq 100 Wounded

Over 100 Killed In Iraq 100 Wounded

Over 100 Killed in Iraq, 100 Wounded Mahdi Army Clashes in Diwaniyah Bombings Rock Turkey Two more US troops were announced dead on Monday, bringing […]

Juan Cole

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Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout

Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout

Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout Iraq At Least 80 Dead, Dozens Wounded 6 US Troops Killed al-Zaman says that [Ar.] Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has […]

Juan Cole

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Collier Shaped Charge Bogey Man

Collier Shaped Charge Bogey Man

Collier: The “Shaped Charge” Bogey Man Military historian and former Green Beret Tom Collier writes: ‘ We have read recently in the press about “sophisticated […]

Juan Cole

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