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When Politics Leaves Reality Behind
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When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

Bahman Fozouni

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The traditional left–right political spectrum no longer captures the forces driving division in America today. That model works […]

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

05/10/2025 By John Feffer

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

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Over 20 Dead In Guerrilla Violence

Over 20 Dead In Guerrilla Violence

Over 20 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Talabani’s Bid to call Parliament Fails The Iraqi general in charge of Baghdad security was killed by a sniper […]

Juan Cole

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3 Mosques Attacked Kurdish Envoy Sees

3 Mosques Attacked Kurdish Envoy Sees

3 Mosques Attacked Kurdish Envoy Sees Sistani about Jaafari Mosque attacks continued in Iraq on Sunday, as sectarian violence refused to die down. There was […]

Juan Cole

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Kirkuk At Center Of Kurdish Shiite

Kirkuk At Center Of Kurdish Shiite

Kirkuk at the Center of Kurdish-Shiite Struggles I find most reporting on the struggle between Iraq’s Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani and the current Shiite Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Warns Talabani On Interference

Muqtada Warns Talabani On Interference

Muqtada Warns Talabani on “interference” United Iraqi Alliance politicians continued Saturday to insist that the party would continue to back Ibrahim Jaafari as the new […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Greeted In Pakistan By

Bush Greeted In Pakistan By

Bush Greeted in Pakistan by Demonstrations, Nation-wide Strike Bush arrived in Islamabad to find it eerily quiet. The Islamic Action Council, which includes a group […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Uia Back Jaafari Sectarian

Al Hakim Uia Back Jaafari Sectarian

Al-Hakim, UIA back Jaafari Sectarian Killings Raise Tension The killing, execution-style, of some 25 Shiite workers in a brick-making plant in Nahrawan by Sunni Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Friday Headlines To Make You Laugh And

Friday Headlines To Make You Laugh And

Friday Headlines to Make You Laugh and Cry at the Same Time “Rumsfeld Cautions against too Many Troops in Iraq”. I swear to God, that […]

Juan Cole

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25 Dead In Sectarian Strike At

25 Dead In Sectarian Strike At

25 Dead in Sectarian Strike at Nahrawan Curfew in Baghdadd Sunni Arab guerrillas attacked Shiites in the town of Nahrawan. Some 25 are feared dead, […]

Juan Cole

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Kurds Sunnis Attempting To Dump

Kurds Sunnis Attempting To Dump

Kurds, Sunnis Attempting to Dump Jaafari Violence Leaves 30 Dead Guerrilla violence killed 30 in Iraq on Wednesday. The Financial Times says “bloodshed in central […]

Juan Cole

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