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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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Religious Shiite Coalition Sweeping

Religious Shiite Coalition Sweeping

Religious Shiite Coalition Sweeping South; Allawi’s Showing Weak [If you’re in the giving mood this season, The History News Network” is a worthy cause.] Al-Zaman […]

Juan Cole

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One That Got Away Cnn Is Reporting

One That Got Away Cnn Is Reporting

The One that Got Away CNN is reporting that Iraqi authorities had arrested Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist, in Ramadi, but mistakenly released him. […]

Juan Cole

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What Sunni Arab Vote Really Means

What Sunni Arab Vote Really Means

What the Sunni Arab Vote Really Means According to wire services, Sunnis in Fallujah came out to vote: ‘ not only get rid of the […]

Juan Cole

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High Turnout Expected As Iraqis Go To

High Turnout Expected As Iraqis Go To

High Turnout Expected as Iraqis go to Polls The guerrillas got off some mortars as voting began Thursday in Iraq, one striking the Green Zone […]

Juan Cole

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Helman On Rice And New Truman Doctrine

Helman On Rice And New Truman Doctrine

Helman on Rice and the New Truman Doctrine Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes: ” In an op-ed piece published in the December 11 Washington Post, […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Shiites Demonstrate

Thousands Of Shiites Demonstrate

Thousands of Shiites Demonstrate against Aljazeera; Four US troops were killed and a Sunni politician (Mizhar Dulaimi of Ramadi) was assassinated on Tuesday in the […]

Juan Cole

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Street Battles Bombings In Baghdad

Street Battles Bombings In Baghdad

Street Battles, Bombings in Baghdad; Less Wealthy Candidates Cannot Campaign Baghdad was wracked with violence on Monday, witnessing a major carbombing at a police station, […]

Juan Cole

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Abctime Poll On Iraq Full Tabulation

Abctime Poll On Iraq Full Tabulation

ABC/Time Poll on Iraq The full tabulation of the new ABC News/Time, et al., poll on Iraq is in pdf format on the web. Although […]

Juan Cole

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Kashmir Crisis Enters Critical Phase

Kashmir Crisis Enters Critical Phase

Kashmir Crisis Enters Critical Phase The news from Kashmir, where 80,000 survivors of the earthquake now face severe winter weather and problems of food and […]

Juan Cole

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