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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Another Us Helicopter Downed This Time

Another Us Helicopter Downed This Time

Another US Helicopter Downed, This Time in Afghanistan 17 Dead Taliban used some sort of rocket to shoot down a US helicopter in Afghanistan, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Opinion Iraq Avalanche

Guest Opinion Iraq Avalanche

Guest Opinion: Iraq Avalanche Unstoppable: Richards “The Iraq Avalanche Cannot be Stopped” by Alan Richards University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CAJune 24, 2005 I […]

Juan Cole

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Some Iraqis Criticize Bushs Speech

Some Iraqis Criticize Bushs Speech

Some Iraqis Criticize Bush’s Speech Looming Health Crisis in Qaim Area An Iraqi response to Bush’s claim that he is fighting terrorism by drawing terrorists […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush Bushs Speech

Arguing With Bush Bushs Speech

Arguing with Bush Bush’s speech. “The terrorists who attacked us and the terrorists we face murder in the name of a totalitarian ideology that hates […]

Juan Cole

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Tel Afar And North We Have Not Heard

Tel Afar And North We Have Not Heard

Tel Afar and the North We have not heard much lately about the US campaign in the northern, largely Turkmen city of Tel Afar. The […]

Juan Cole

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Sciri Rejects Negotiations With

Sciri Rejects Negotiations With

SCIRI Rejects Negotiations with Baathists Against the backdrop of the London Times report that the Americans are negotiating with Iraqi guerrillas, confirmed recently by US […]

Juan Cole

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Parliamentarian Assassinated

Parliamentarian Assassinated

Parliamentarian Assassinated Guerrillas assassinated a member of parliament in Baghdad on Tuesday. They cut down Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, along with his son and three bodyguards. […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Shoot Down Us Helicopter

Guerrillas Shoot Down Us Helicopter

Guerrillas Shoot Down US Helicopter Bombings in Baghdad Bush Presses Blair for More Troops Guerrillas using a shoulder-held missile launcher, probably an SA-16, shot down […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld On Vietnam And Government

Rumsfeld On Vietnam And Government

Rumsfeld on Vietnam and Government Secrecy These quotes from Congressman Rumsfeld, circa 1966, are amusing and tragic in retrospect. ‘ A 1966 article in the […]

Juan Cole

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