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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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Sadr City Bombing On Monday Kills 29

Sadr City Bombing On Monday Kills 29

Sadr City Bombing on Monday Kills 29, wounds 60 At Least 83 Killed Sunday In Basra, Bombers target Police Sunni Arab guerrillas killed a US […]

Juan Cole

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Goldberg And Jarvis Fold And Real

Goldberg And Jarvis Fold And Real

Goldberg and Jarvis Fold; And, The Real Meaning of ‘Fools Rush In’ I don’t take any pleasure in having been right about Iraq when they […]

Juan Cole

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Marine Dies Of Wounds 11 Iraqi

Marine Dies Of Wounds 11 Iraqi

Marine Dies of Wounds 11 Iraqi Soldiers Kidnapped, 35 Killed in New Wave of Violence Reuters reports that a US Marine died Friday from wounds […]

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At Least 56 Killed In Sunni Arab

At Least 56 Killed In Sunni Arab

At least 56 Killed in Sunni Arab Heartland; Sadrists and the Problem of Shiite Militias in the South The Sunnis Sunni Arab Iraq saw significance […]

Juan Cole

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War Support Among Evangelicals

War Support Among Evangelicals

War Support Among Evangelicals Collapses Bush Incompetence Said to Delay Second Coming In the past 30 days, support for the Iraq War among white evangelicals […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Condemns Us For Raid Wednesdays

Maliki Condemns Us For Raid Wednesdays

Maliki Condemns US for Raid Wednesday’s dramatic events in Iraq began with a US military raid into Sadr City, the vast Shiite slum full of […]

Juan Cole

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Helman Iraq And Vietnam Ambassador

Helman Iraq And Vietnam Ambassador

Helman: Iraq and Vietnam Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: In recent days, events in the Vietnem war have been cited and compared to what is […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Guerrillas Kill 4 Us Gis Al

Iraqi Guerrillas Kill 4 Us Gis Al

Iraqi Guerrillas Kill 4 US GIs al-Hakim Supports Regional Confederacies (Don’t miss the second part of my interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran on Iraq, below.) The […]

Juan Cole

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Chandrasekaran Interview Part Ii This

Chandrasekaran Interview Part Ii This

Chandrasekaran Interview, Part II This is the second part of my interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post, concerning his book, Imperial Life in […]

Juan Cole

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