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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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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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