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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope
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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

Richard Penaskovic

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

05/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

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Caretaker Government May Contain

Caretaker Government May Contain

Caretaker Government may Contain the Expatriate Politicians Alissa Rubin of the LA Times reports that the original Brahimi plan has had to be abandoned, a […]

Juan Cole

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Partition Of Iraq Would Be Wrong

Partition Of Iraq Would Be Wrong

Partition of Iraq Would be Wrong: Dawisha Adeed Dawisha an Iraqi political scientist, explains why talk of partitioning Iraq is wrong. ” . . . […]

Juan Cole

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Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations of Prisoner Abuse, Berg Murder in Middle East From BBC World Monitoring: “Egypt condemns Iraq torture, beheading: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Mahir on 13 […]

Juan Cole

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Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations of Prisoner Abuse, Berg Murder in Middle East From BBC World Monitoring: “Egypt condemns Iraq torture, beheading: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Mahir on 13 […]

Juan Cole

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Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try to Take out a US Ambassador? There is strong evidence in recently released diplomatic papers that Israel’s secret police, Mossad, attempted to […]

Juan Cole

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Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try to Take out a US Ambassador? There is strong evidence in recently released diplomatic papers that Israel’s secret police, Mossad, attempted to […]

Juan Cole

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Negotiations Collapse Amid Fierce

Negotiations Collapse Amid Fierce

Negotiations Collapse amid Fierce Fighting in Karbala US forces, having collapsed half of the historic al-Mukhayyam Mosque and set 7 hotels on fire in its […]

Juan Cole

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Negotiations Collapse Amid Fierce

Negotiations Collapse Amid Fierce

Negotiations Collapse amid Fierce Fighting in Karbala US forces, having collapsed half of the historic al-Mukhayyam Mosque and set 7 hotels on fire in its […]

Juan Cole

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Reader Comment Where Is Sistani Hayder

Reader Comment Where Is Sistani Hayder

Reader Comment: Where is Sistani? Hayder Gallaghan writes, “The silence of Sayyid Sistani has become deafening. An historic masjid destroyed, along with neighboring hotels and […]

Juan Cole

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