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The wrong question about the war in Iran
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The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

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Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

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Al-Zawahiri, Bush and Aljazeera In the miscellaneous department, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two man in al-Qaeda, released a video tape Thursday that was shown on […]

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Fool Me Once Shame On You Fool Me Cant

Fool me once, shame on you Fool me–can’t get fooled again The bizarre report by Jim Miklaszewski of NBC news that US military sources are […]

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Vietnam Speak In Iraq Military

Vietnam-Speak in Iraq Military historian Tom Collier writes with regard to the killing of 14 Marines in Anbar province with a huge improvised explosive device: […]

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Constitutional Changes In Iraqi

Constitutional Changes in the Iraqi National Assembly Guest Editorial byAndrew Arato It seems there are important changes about to be enacted by the Constitutional National […]

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14 Marines Killed Islam Main Source In

14 Marines Killed Islam a Main Source in Constitution Guerrillas in Western Iraq killed 14 Marines with a huge roadside bomb on Wednesday. The guerrillas […]

Juan Cole

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Straw Admits Coalition Troops Problem

Straw Admits Coalition Troops a Problem Seven Marines Killed in Western Iraq At Least 41 Others Killed Tuesday First the Polish Prime Minister didn’t have […]

Juan Cole

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Fisking War On Terror Once Upon Time

Fisking the “War on Terror” Once upon a time, a dangerous radical gained control of the US Republican Party. Reagan increased the budget for support […]

Juan Cole

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20 Bodies Found Another 5 Us Troops

20 Bodies Found Another 5 US Troops Killed 68 Attacks on US and Coalition Forces Per Day The bodies of twenty men were found in […]

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Good Muslim Bad Muslim Moderate Muslim

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Moderate Muslim? Guest Editorialby Mark LeVineProf. Dept of History UC Irvine, author, Why They Don’t Hate Us: Lifting the Veil on […]

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