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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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Bush’s Abuse of History Snow’s Battle of Bilge The president of the United States is in some ways the nation’s leading public historian. More people […]

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25 Dead In Violence Us Tightens

25 Dead in Violence US Tightens Checkpoints at Ramadi Al-Hayat says that civil war violence [Ar.] killed 25 in Iraq on Sunday. Iraqi police found […]

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Iraqi Military Experts Discuss Iraqi

Iraqi Military Experts Discuss Iraqi Army, Intelligence From the USG Open Source Center, a translation of a transcript of a disccussion in Arabic by Iraqi […]

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Iraq Press Highlights for 18 June Translated by the USG Open Source Center– my selection of a few telling items: Highlights: Iraqi Press 18 Jun […]

Juan Cole

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40 Killed 90 Wounded In String Of

40 Killed, 90 Wounded in String of Bombings Al-Hakim Pushes for US-Iran Talks Bombings and other civil war violence took the lives of some 43 […]

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15 Dead In Shiite Mosque Bombing

15 Dead In Shiite Mosque Bombing

15 Dead in Shiite Mosque Bombing Diwaniyah Street Fighting This wire service says that some 40 died in guerrilla violence in Iraq these past few […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Sought Us Iran War Abu Musab

Zarqawi sought US-Iran War Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was hoping to provoke a US-Iran war as a way of bogging the Americans down further and defeating […]

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Over 2500 Us Troops Dead In Iraq 18490

Over 2500 US Troops Dead in Iraq 18,490 Wounded Time to Leave? AFP reports that the Iraqi Civil War claimed at least 27 lives on […]

Juan Cole

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