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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Al Abbudi Sistani Endorses United

Al Abbudi Sistani Endorses United

Al-Abbudi: Sistani Endorses the United Iraqi Alliance Al-Zaman reports via AFP that Shaikh Naji al-Abbudi, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spoke at a […]

Juan Cole

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Major Fighting In Ramadi Mosul Kut Al

Major Fighting In Ramadi Mosul Kut Al

Major Fighting in Ramadi, Mosul, Kut al-Zaman says that a US soldier was killed Saturday at Babil, the site of ancient Babylon, where the US […]

Juan Cole

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Curfew Measures On Election Day Events

Curfew Measures On Election Day Events

Curfew Measures on Election Day Events conspired to undermine the Iraqi government’s attempts to reassure the public that procedures for voting would be secure. Judge […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Outside Powers Should Not

Muqtada Outside Powers Should Not

Muqtada: “Outside Powers Should Not Interfere in Elections” Pachachi: Expatriate Iraqis must Vote Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Shaikh Nasir al-Sa`idi, the Friday prayers leader of al-Muhsin Mosque […]

Juan Cole

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Polling Sites Soldiers Electoral

Polling Sites Soldiers Electoral

Polling Sites, Soldiers, Electoral Workers Targeted Guerrillas bombed a polling site in Sharqat north of Baghdad, destroying it but causing no casualties. In Baghdad, a […]

Juan Cole

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7 Dead 38 Wounded In Shiite Mosque

7 Dead 38 Wounded In Shiite Mosque

7 Dead, 38 Wounded in Shiite Mosque Bombing Two Aides of Sistani Killed Guerrillas parked a car bomb outside a Shiite mosque in the eastern […]

Juan Cole

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Election News No Ayatollahs No

Election News No Ayatollahs No

Election News: No Ayatollahs, no Israelis Al-Hayat: The Iraqi National Accord has lodged a formal complaint with the Iraqi electoral commission against the use by […]

Juan Cole

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Absolutely Sometimes You Have To Go To

Absolutely Sometimes You Have To Go To

Absolutely? Sometimes you have to go to the regional newspapers for the punchy editorials. The Pentagon’s announcement that the search for Iraqi weapons of mass […]

Juan Cole

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Falling Like Flies 53 Iraqi Parties

Falling Like Flies 53 Iraqi Parties

Falling like Flies 53 Iraqi Parties Withdraw from Elections Xinhuanet reports that: ‘ According to the Al Furat newspaper, 53 political parties and organizations as […]

Juan Cole

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