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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

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Bush praises Mosul, Najaf Unrest in Kurdistan President Bush in his speech on Thursday maintained that it was a good thing that about half of […]

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Election Violence In Egypt Kills 8

Election Violence in Egypt Kills 8 Afghanistan Bombing kills 2 Election violence claimed at least 8 lives in Egypt on Wednesday, and wounded dozens. The […]

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Dean v. Bush: “Winning” in Iraq Or Winning Smart? Speaking in San Antonio on Monday, Democratic National Committee head Howard Dean said that the US […]

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36 Dead 72 Wounded In Attack On Police

36 Dead, 72 Wounded in Attack on Police Academy Two suicide bombers, alleged to be brothers, attacked a police academy in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, […]

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20 Bodies Found Crowds demonstrate for, against Trial of Saddam Twenty bodies were discovered in Iraq on Monday at two different sites on the road […]

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US Abusing its Mandate in Iraq: UN Rights Official Extraodinary Rendition and the Attack on the US Constitution Reuters’s Paul Tait reports from Baghdad that […]

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Allawi Attacked by Mob in Najaf; In Baghdad, 2 GIs Killed Former interim prime minister Iyad Allawi and his entourage were attacked by mobs on […]

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Sistani Endorses Religious Candidates

Sistani Endorses Religious Candidates

Sistani Endorses Religious Candidates 19 Iraqi Soldiers Killed Guerrillas near the town of Adhaim, northeast of Baghdad, mounted a coordinated ambush of Iraqi troops on […]

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How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq My article, “How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq, is now up at TruthDig.com. It begins, “The Bush […]

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