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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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Muslims And 5 Questions Somebody Named

Muslims and the 5 Questions Somebody named Dennis Prager wrote a frankly bigotted op-ed for the LA Times asking “Muslims” 5 questions. The questions are […]

Juan Cole

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Strange Death Of Moustapha Akkad

Strange Death Of Moustapha Akkad

The Strange Death of Moustapha Akkad; Zarqawi and “Halloween” The ironies and dangers of globalization are tragically epitomized in the death last week of Hollywood […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing At Green Zone Exodus Of

Bombing At Green Zone Exodus Of

Bombing at Green Zone; Exodus of Physicians from Capital Guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb outside an entrance to the Green Zone in downtown Baghdad, striking […]

Juan Cole

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Death And Revenge In Iraq Guerrillas

Death And Revenge In Iraq Guerrillas

Death and Revenge In Iraq Guerrillas killed two US troops on Sunday and a third died in a jeep accident. Mortar shells fell near the […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Administration Lie About Iraq

Bush Administration Lie About Iraq

Bush Administration Lie about Iraq George W. Bush denied on Veteran’s Day that he had manipulated intelligence in order to take the country to war […]

Juan Cole

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Sister Of Tawhids Anbar Cell Captured

Sister Of Tawhids Anbar Cell Captured

Sister of Tawhid’s Anbar Cell Captured in Jordan Bombings Jordanian authorities have captured Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, the wife of suicide bomber Ali Hussein Ali […]

Juan Cole

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5 Dead In Baghdad Blast Sistani

5 Dead In Baghdad Blast Sistani

5 Dead in Baghdad Blast Sistani withdraws from Politics The 77 refitted T-72 Soviet-era tanks offered to Iraq by Hungary have finally arrived, at Taji […]

Juan Cole

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Omani Embassy Killings Iraqis

Omani Embassy Killings Iraqis

Omani Embassy Killings Iraqis Suspected in Jordan Bombings First, Secretary of State Condi Rice called Friday for more Arab states to open embassies in Iraq. […]

Juan Cole

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67 Dead In Iraq Guerrilla Violence

67 Dead In Iraq Guerrilla Violence

67 Dead in Iraq Guerrilla Violence Oliver Poole of the Telegraph reports that suicide bombers hit a restaurant in Baghdad on Thursday that is a […]

Juan Cole

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