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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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Muqtada Vs

Muqtada Vs

Muqtada vs. the Grand Ayatollahs Ed Wong of the NYT has a canny read on the stand-off between Muqtada al-Sadr and the Grand Ayatollahs of […]

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Iraq Hearings I didn’t post much on Tuesday because I was testifying in Washington at the Senate Foreign relations commitee […]

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22 Killed 92 Injured At Abu Ghuraib Ap

22 Killed 92 Injured At Abu Ghuraib Ap

22 Killed, 92 Injured at Abu Ghuraib AP reports that a bombardment by guerrillas of the Abu Ghuraib prison resulted in 22 deaths of inmates […]

Juan Cole

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30 Iraqis 12 Us Troops Killed Over

30 Iraqis 12 Us Troops Killed Over

30 Iraqis, 12 US Troops Killed over Deadly Weekend 5 US troops were killed Sunday in fighting near the Syrian border at Husayba, but various […]

Juan Cole

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Najaf Muqtada Myers And Zapatero

Najaf Muqtada Myers And Zapatero

Najaf: Muqtada, Myers, and Zapatero A spokesman for Muqtada al-Sadr, Qais al-Khaz’ali, said Sunday that his forces would extend their truce with the Coalition for […]

Juan Cole

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Attack On Najaf Will Be Zero Hour Of

Attack On Najaf Will Be Zero Hour Of

An Attack on Najaf “Will be Zero Hour of a Massive Popular Uprising”: al-Khaz’ali ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Hundreds of members of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Army of the […]

Juan Cole

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Najaf Crisis And International

Najaf Crisis And International

Najaf Crisis and International Implications Iran: US Will Pay a ‘Heavy Price’ Iran warned the American government that it would “pay a heavy price” if […]

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Rantisi And Najaf Sunday Herald

Rantisi And Najaf Sunday Herald

Rantisi and Najaf The Sunday Herald correctly points out that the Israeli murder of Abdul Aziz Rantisi, the head of the political wing of the […]

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Story Of Arrest Warrant For Muqtada

Story Of Arrest Warrant For Muqtada

Story of the Arrest Warrant for Muqtada More on the back story of the warrant for Muqtada’s arrest. ‘ According to the brief, Juhy has […]

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