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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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Cole In Salon

Cole In Salon

Cole in Salon.com My article, “Saving Iraq: Mission Impossible,” is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ Hopes for a breakthrough hinge on the assumption that al-Maliki […]

Juan Cole

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Europeans Offer Iran Deal Iranians Say

Europeans Offer Iran Deal Iranians Say

Europeans offer Iran Deal Iranians say Program Peaceful Over Bush’s initial objections, the Europeans are going to try offering Iran further incentives to abandon its […]

Juan Cole

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Tal Afar Bombing Kills 20 Wounds 70

Tal Afar Bombing Kills 20 Wounds 70

Tal Afar Bombing Kills 20, Wounds 70 Did Coalition Ship 200,000 Guns to Guerrillas? Guerrillas killed 11 persons on a busnear Baqubah Wednesday morning. At […]

Juan Cole

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Mesaisis Letter On Behalf Of Ramin

Mesaisis Letter On Behalf Of Ramin

MESA/ISIS Letter on Behalf of Ramin Jahanbegloo For more on this case see this article and Eurasia.net. May 8, 2006 Ayatollah Ali KhameneiSupreme Leader of […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad As W

Ahmadinejad As W

Ahmadinejad as W.’s Penpal Ebadi warns of another Iraq Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote a letter to W., in which he insisted on Iran’s right […]

Juan Cole

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13 Dead 33 Wounded Gi Killed Bali

13 Dead 33 Wounded Gi Killed Bali

13 Dead, 33 Wounded; GI killed Bali Bombers Sought Revenge for Iraq An armed group raided a prison at Tikrit north of the capital and […]

Juan Cole

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Close Dont Send Us Soldiers Into Iran

Close Dont Send Us Soldiers Into Iran

Close: ‘Don’t Send US Soldiers into Iran to Spy’ The question of US intelligence on Iran is now coming to the fore. Veteran CIA Middle […]

Juan Cole

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Proposal Covenant With America Here

Proposal Covenant With America Here

Proposal: A Covenant with America Here are my suggestions for a new covenant with America that could be adopted by politicians running for Congress this […]

Juan Cole

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Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead In Iraqi

Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead In Iraqi

Black Sunday Yields 81 Dead in Iraqi Bloodbaths Interior Admits Death Squads The Washington Post reports that four bombs in Iraqi cities killed altogether some […]

Juan Cole

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