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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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Legalistic War A US military reader in Iraq writes: You wrote “These incidents show a benefit to the guerrillas of their car bomb attacks on […]

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Egyptian Envoy Kidnapped Sunni Arab

Egyptian Envoy Kidnapped Sunni Arab

Egyptian Envoy Kidnapped Sunni Arab Demonstrations against SCIRI in Tikrit, Baghdad The chief of mission of the Egyptian embassy in Iraq was kidnapped late Saturday […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadov On Iraq And Chechnya Guest

Ahmadov on Iraq and Chechnya Guest comment from Azerbaijan comparing the Iraq and Chechnya Guerrilla Wars, by Dr. Alpay Ahmadov in Baku: . . . […]

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Saturday Toll 26 Killed Nearly 50

Saturday Toll 26 Killed Nearly 50

Saturday Toll 26 Killed, Nearly 50 Wounded Hilla Bombings Kill 6, Injure 26 Guerrilla violence killed 26 and injured nearly 50 altogether on Saturday. In […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Iraqis Returning Expelling New

Iranian Iraqis Returning Expelling New

Iranian-Iraqis returning, Expelling New Owners A reader writes from Iraq: “I picked up this document [Arabic pdf] from a disgruntled Iraqi in the Baghdad airport […]

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Breaking News Iraq Un Ambassador

Breaking News Iraq Un Ambassador

Breaking News: Iraq UN Ambassador Charges Marines with Murder of his Nephew Suicide Bomber Kills 20 at Police Recruitment Center Iraq’s ambassador to the UN, […]

Juan Cole

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European Parliament Committee Calls

European Parliament Committee Calls for UN Command in Iraq Sistani Aide Killed in Baghdad The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has called for […]

Juan Cole

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Un Option For Iraq Guest Comment By

Un Option For Iraq Guest Comment By

The UN Option for Iraq: Guest Comment by Carl Nyberg Carl Nyberg, a former UN peacekeeper in Cambodia, writes: “I’m skeptical of putting much hope […]

Juan Cole

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Us Troops Die At Increased Rate In

US Troops Die at Increased Rate in Iraq Two PUK Employees Killed in Mosul USA Today reports that the death rate for US troops in […]

Juan Cole

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