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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?
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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

08/09/2025 By Juan Cole

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

08/09/2025 By The Conversation

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Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting in Ramadi Anbar Mourns Zarqawi Al-Zaman reports that heavy street fighting broke out on Friday in downtown Ramadi between US forces and guerrillas. […]

Juan Cole

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Key Positions Filled Guerrilla

Key Positions Filled Guerrilla

Key positions Filled Guerrilla Movements Pledge to Fight on Iraq has filled the key positions of minister of defense, minister of interior, and minister of […]

Juan Cole

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Yale Affair I Am Not Going To Talk

Yale Affair I Am Not Going To Talk

Yale Affair I am not going to talk about the Yale affair per se. But I did want to clear up some misimpressions I’ve seen […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Killed In Baquba Prime

Zarqawi Killed In Baquba Prime

Zarqawi Killed in Baquba Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday morning that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed, along with 7 aides, in a US […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Names Security Officials 27

Maliki Names Security Officials 27

Maliki Names Security Officials 27 dead in Civil War Violence Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki broke a nearly 6-month deadlock on fully forming a new government […]

Juan Cole

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Interview With Iraqi Speaker Of House

Interview With Iraqi Speaker Of House

Interview with Iraqi Speaker of the House The USG Open Source Center translates an important interview with Iraq’s Sunni Arab speaker of the parliament. ‘Speaker […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Civil War Leaves 22 Dead Iraqi

Iraqi Civil War Leaves 22 Dead Iraqi

Iraqi Civil War leaves 22 Dead Iraqi Islamic Party Charges US with Massacres In the continuing Iraqi Horror Picture Show, police found 9 heads along […]

Juan Cole

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50 Kidnapped Violently Ams Pulls Out

50 Kidnapped Violently Ams Pulls Out

50 Kidnapped Violently AMS Pulls out of Reconciliation Conference Megan Stack* poignantly describes the scene where 50 Iraqis were brazenly kidnapped by men in camouflage […]

Juan Cole

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Islamist And Jihadist As Iraq

Islamist And Jihadist As Iraq

Islamist and Jihadist as Iraq Education Minister In his memoirs, US Civil Administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, expressed delight that when his appointed Interim Governing […]

Juan Cole

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