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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

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No Government Any Time Soon In Iraq

No Government Any Time Soon In Iraq

No Government any Time Soon in Iraq The formation of a government in Iraq has been put off yet again, possibly until April 1 or […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arabs Struggle With New

Sunni Arabs Struggle With New

Sunni Arabs Struggle with New Realities Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Sunni Arabs are unhappy with the small number of ministries being offered them in the […]

Juan Cole

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Major Battle North Of Samarra Leaves

Major Battle North Of Samarra Leaves

Major Battle North of Samarra Leaves Dozens Dead Or Does It? Al-Zaman: Rockets fell on schools in Amiriyah district, West Baghdad, Wednesday, killing 4 students. […]

Juan Cole

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30 Killed On Tuesday Including Us

30 Killed On Tuesday Including Us

30 Killed on Tuesday, Including US Soldier Early on Monday, Iraqi troops supported by US forces fought a firefight in northern Baghdad, killing several guerrillas, […]

Juan Cole

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Government To Be Formed By Sunday

Government To Be Formed By Sunday

Government to be Formed by Sunday? Iraqi official sources maintained on Tuesday that negotiations between the United Iraqi Alliance and the Kurdish Alliance to form […]

Juan Cole

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Wolfowitz Romancing Tunisian World

Wolfowitz Romancing Tunisian World

Wolfowitz Romancing Tunisian World Bank Employee? I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this gossipy story that Paul Wolfowitz is romantically involved with Shaha Ali […]

Juan Cole

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Live Blogging 1100 Am Sorry Im Getting

Live Blogging 1100 Am Sorry Im Getting

Live-Blogging 11:00 am Sorry I’m getting to the Brookings event on blogging, which is being webcast here, a little late this morning. One of the […]

Juan Cole

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10 Killed In Iraq Sistani Impatient Ed

10 Killed In Iraq Sistani Impatient Ed

10 Killed in Iraq Sistani Impatient Ed Wong does his usual good job of reporting on developments in Iraq. The guerrilla war continued apace, with […]

Juan Cole

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Schiavo Case And Islamization of the Republican Party

Schiavo Case And Islamization of the Republican Party

The Schiavo Case and the Islamization of the Republican Party The cynical use by the US Republican Party of the Terri Schiavo case repeats, whether […]

Juan Cole

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