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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”
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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

Juan Cole

The star-studded list of signatories includes Margaret Atwood of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame; Mark Ruffalo a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk

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Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

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A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger

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44 Us Troops Injured In Abu Ghraib

44 Us Troops Injured In Abu Ghraib

44 US Troops Injured in Abu Ghraib Attack, Some Seriously 12 Iraqis Wounded 6 Iraqis killed in Separate Incidents An organized platoon of some 40 […]

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Sistani Fatwa On Security Al Hayat

Sistani Fatwa On Security Al Hayat

Sistani Fatwa on Security Al-Hayat: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani gave a fatwa Friday saying that cooperation with the forces charged with safeguarding security in Iraq […]

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Tragic Death And Other Tragic Deaths I

A Tragic Death and other Tragic Deaths I address a different aspect of this story in my opinion piece at Salon.com, “In gods we trust,” […]

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3 Us Troops Killed At Least 11 Iraqis

3 Us Troops Killed At Least 11 Iraqis

3 US Troops Killed At Least 11 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded “The Government is Not Even Close to being Formed” A Rand report done for […]

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Us Pakistan Relations Broad Based Four

US-Pakistan Relations “Broad-Based” Four Suspected al-Qaeda Captured in Peshawar Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence along with, probably, the FBI arrested four foreign Muslims in Peshawar on Thursday. […]

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Shahristani Denounces Ex Baath Sunnis

Shahristani Denounces Ex Baath Sunnis

Shahristani Denounces ex-Baath Sunnis in Parliament Child malnutrition has soared in Iraq under the Americans, according to a former Official. Al-Zaman: Hussein Shahristani, a prominent […]

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Provincial Council Gives Najaf Mayor

Provincial Council Gives Najaf Mayor

Provincial Council Gives Najaf Mayor Prerogative to Appoint Police Chief Al-Zaman: The governing council of Najaf province charged Najaf mayor As`ad Abu Kalal (Supreme Council […]

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Parliament Fiasco Mortar Shells Landed

Parliament Fiasco Mortar Shells Landed

Parliament Fiasco Mortar shells landed in the green zone near parliament at one point during its meeting on Tuesday, emptying the room briefly of frantic […]

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Car Bomb Targeting Shiites Kills 7

Car Bomb Targeting Shiites Kills 7

Car Bomb Targeting Shiites Kills 7, Wounds 9 The war in Iraq is the most important problem facing the US in the eyes of the […]

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