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Terror from the Skies in the Middle East: Israel and the Ghost of Bomber Harris
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Terror from the Skies in the Middle East: Israel and the Ghost of Bomber Harris

Juan Cole

Here is my essay for this week’s Tomdispatch.com . Check out the great Tom Engelhardt’s introduction at that site, where he reminds us of the […]

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Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

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Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

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36 Killed in Iraqi Civil War Britain may Leave Iraq British troops could withdraw from Basra by this spring. It is widely felt that the […]

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Revolutionary Guards Head: ‘US Forces in Middle East ‘Extremely’ Vulnerable The USG Open Source Center translates the following piece from Persian: ‘Iranian Guards Chief: US […]

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Bush’s Cedar Revolution Collapses in Yet Another Policy Failure The assassination of Lebanese cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel on Tuesday has thrown that country further into […]

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Car Bomb In Green Zone

Car Bomb in Green Zone Parliamentarians Trade Accusations The intrepid Edward Wong of the New York Times reports that a car bomb targetting the Iraqi […]

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Academics At Risk Please Donate To

Academics at Risk Please Donate to MESA A report on the Iraqi professors’ panel at the Middle East Studies Association meeting that just wrapped up […]

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Street Battles In Baghdad 75 Bodies

Street Battles in Baghdad; 75 Bodies Found; Diplomatic Ties with Syria Bruited Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that on Monday running street battles erupted in several […]

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Joint Letter Of Middle East Studies

The joint letter of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Association of University Professors on the killing of Iraqi academics: ‘November 10, 2006 […]

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Kissinger Says No Victory Possible

Kissinger Says no Victory Possible; Bombings in Baghdad, Hilla Kill 74; Chaos in Baquba Bush’s visit to Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country, has elicited […]

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18 Dead In Baquba Battle Rice Urges

18 Dead in Baquba Battle; Rice Urges Iraq to be more like Vietnam (???!!) AP says that Secretary of State Condi Rice asserted Saturday that […]

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