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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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50 Dead in Wave of Violence Petroleum Industry, Electricity Generation Paralyzed The Washington Post reports that guerrillas killed 50 Iraqis on Wednesday. In Salahuddin, they […]

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Guerrillas Kill 18 Sunnis Offered Only

Guerrillas Kill 18 Sunnis Offered Only

Guerrillas Kill 18 Sunnis offered only 6 Cabinet Posts The newly elected Iraqi government is planning to offer Iraqi Sunni Arabs only 6 cabinet posts. […]

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Taliban Kamikazes Kill 26 Motorscooter

Taliban Kamikazes Kill 26 Motorscooter

Taliban Kamikazes Kill 26 A motorscooter suicide bomber in Spin Baldak and a car bomber in Qandahar killed 26 persons and wounded dozens in twin […]

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Cheney Will Ask Mubarak For Egyptian

Cheney will Ask Mubarak for Egyptian Troops for Iraq: al-Zaman Will Cairo counter Tehran? Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney will meet Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak […]

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Only 1 Of Dec

Only 1% of Dec. 15 Votes Thrown Out by Commission Iraq Results Unchanged by Investigation The rash of helicopter downings, with another Apache shot out […]

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10 Things Martin Luther King Would

10 Things Martin Luther King Would

10 Things Martin Luther King Would have Done about Iraq Every year we honor Martin, and we hear again his stirring speech, “I have a […]

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5000 Protest In Karachi That Was Worse

5000 Protest In Karachi That Was Worse

5,000 Protest in Karachi “That was worse than a crime; it was a mistake.” –Talleyrand on Napoleon’s execution of the Duc D’Enghien Dawn reports that […]

Juan Cole

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Wave Of Attacks On Police Iraq Model

Wave Of Attacks On Police Iraq Model

Wave of Attacks on Police Iraq the Model: Guerrillas shot or blew up Iraqi policemen and soldiers all over the country on Sunday. At least […]

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Iraqs Economic Doldrums With Reference

Iraqs Economic Doldrums With Reference

Iraq’s Economic Doldrums With reference to my comment on Sunday about Iraq’s economy being a mess, and my link to a Guardian article on the […]

Juan Cole

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