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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope
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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

Richard Penaskovic

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

05/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

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Huhn Real Iraq Unfortunate Tendency In

Huhn? The Real Iraq The unfortunate tendency in the United States to evaluate all statements about Iraq with regard to whether they are “optimistic” (i.e. […]

Juan Cole

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Another Bombing At Abu Ghraib Sunni

Another Bombing At Abu Ghraib Sunni

Another Bombing at Abu Ghraib Sunni Meeting Collapses in Acrimony Guerrillas mounted another bombing attack on Abu Ghuraib prison (this one involving a tractor), leaving […]

Juan Cole

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Wesley Clark Conference Call Wesley

Wesley Clark Conference Call Wesley Clark held a conference call on the situation in Iraq with some bloggers Monday afternoon, in advance of testifying in […]

Juan Cole

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Speaker Of Parliament Elected Amid

Speaker Of Parliament Elected Amid

Speaker of Parliament Elected amid Rancor Two more US servicemen were killed by guerrilla attacks over the weekend, and the Green Zone took mortar fire […]

Juan Cole

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Other Pope John Paul Ii Was Complex

Other Pope John Paul Ii Was Complex

The Other Pope John Paul II was a complex man and among the more intellectual popes in history. Because of his admirable stance against Stalinism […]

Juan Cole

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44 Us Troops Injured In Abu Ghraib

44 Us Troops Injured In Abu Ghraib

44 US Troops Injured in Abu Ghraib Attack, Some Seriously 12 Iraqis Wounded 6 Iraqis killed in Separate Incidents An organized platoon of some 40 […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Fatwa On Security Al Hayat

Sistani Fatwa On Security Al Hayat

Sistani Fatwa on Security Al-Hayat: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani gave a fatwa Friday saying that cooperation with the forces charged with safeguarding security in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Tragic Death And Other Tragic Deaths I

Tragic Death And Other Tragic Deaths I

A Tragic Death and other Tragic Deaths I address a different aspect of this story in my opinion piece at Salon.com, “In gods we trust,” […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Killed At Least 11 Iraqis

3 Us Troops Killed At Least 11 Iraqis

3 US Troops Killed At Least 11 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded “The Government is Not Even Close to being Formed” A Rand report done for […]

Juan Cole

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