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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average
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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average

Juan Cole

2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020

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At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

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U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

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Giving Aid And Comfort To Enemy Plame

Giving Aid and Comfort to the Enemy: the Plame Affair Valerie Plame Wilson, whose career Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney wanted destroyed in […]

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Aipac Cool To Cheney Responding To This

AIPAC Cool to Cheney Responding to this IC posting, Ron Kampea kindly writes: I was one of the reporters noting the relatively cool reception for […]

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16000 Detainees In Coalition Hands

16000 Detainees In Coalition Hands

16,000 Detainees in Coalition Hands Iraqi Shiites attempt to Regroup 11 detainees in a British jail in south Iraq exchanged clothing with their visitors and […]

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Senate Republicans Defeat Iraq

Senate Republicans Defeat Iraq

Senate Republicans Defeat Iraq Withdrawal Timetable; 5 US Troops Killed 5 US GIs were announced killed on Thursday. Militiamen or guerrillas killed 4 with a […]

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Clinton Would Keep Troops In Iraq

Clinton Would Keep Troops In Iraq

Clinton Would Keep Troops in Iraq Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that she would keep some US troops in Iraq to fight al-Qaeda, curb […]

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4 Us Troops Killed 9 Wounded 1993 Wtc

4 Us Troops Killed 9 Wounded 1993 Wtc

4 US Troops Killed, 9 Wounded 1993 WTC Attack was al-Qaeda, not Saddam A lot of commentators will note that Khalid Sheikh Muhammad has admitted […]

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Sunni Arab Member Of Parliament

Sunni Arab Member Of Parliament

Sunni Arab Member of Parliament Criticizes al-Maliki Government The USG Open Source Center carries a translation of remarks of Khalaf al-Ulayyan, a member of parliament […]

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Ic Parodic News Edition Note To Humor

Ic Parodic News Edition Note To Humor

IC Parodic News Edition Note to the humor impaired: Satire follows. Item: US petroleum company Halliburton, which received billions of dollars in no-bid contracts from […]

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