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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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Kurdish Weekly Despairs Of Iraq From

Kurdish Weekly Despairs Of Iraq From

Kurdish Weekly Despairs of Iraq From the USG Open Source Center translation of an editorial by a pro- Kurdistan Democratic Party (led by Massoud Barzani) […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Crowd Attacks Iranian Consulate

Basra Crowd Attacks Iranian Consulate

Basra Crowd Attacks Iranian Consulate Fighting in Adhamiyah An angry crowd of Iraqi Shiites attacked the Iranian Basra consulate on Wednesday, protesting an insult aired […]

Juan Cole

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Steele On Ahmadinejad Of Arenas Of

Steele On Ahmadinejad Of Arenas Of

Steele on Ahmadinejad: Of Arenas of Time and Intransitive Verbs Jonathan Steele of the Guardian does a good piece about the controversy over Iranian President […]

Juan Cole

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Islamists Experts Speculate On Abu

Islamists Experts Speculate On Abu

Islamists, Experts Speculate on Abu Hamza, new leader of “al-Qaeda in Iraq” Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the new leader of the Salafi Jihadis in Iraq, has […]

Juan Cole

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Maysan Governing Council Members Go On

Maysan Governing Council Members Go On

Maysan Governing Council Members Go on Strike The deteriorating security situation in southern Iraq has been dealt another blow, as provincial governing council members have […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad

Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad

Bush Sneaks In and Out of Baghdad Again 24 Dead in Kirkuk Bombings Iraq’s civil war claimed at least 55 lives on Tuesday. Guerrillas detonated […]

Juan Cole

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Bush To Iraq In Shambles You Create

Bush To Iraq In Shambles You Create

Bush to an Iraq in Shambles: You Create Your Own National Fund Or, “Let them Eat Cake” An informed observer writes: ‘ THURMONT, Md., June […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

Fallujah Imam: Be Vigilant in Face of US Conspiracies Sadrist al-Nu`mani: Violence in Iraq Orchestrated by US Shiites Condemn HAMAS The USG Open Source Center […]

Juan Cole

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Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds of New Security Ministers The USG Open Source Center rounds up information on the new ministers of interior and defence, and of national security. […]

Juan Cole

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