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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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Eminem on Bush I don’t know what Marshall Mathers’s politics are. But I do know that they could be of consequence for the youth vote, […]

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7 Iraqis Killed 9 More Die Of Previous

7 Iraqis Killed, 9 more Die of Previous Injuries Al-Hayat: Guerrillas fired mortar shells at caretaker Prime Minister Iyad Allawi as he was leaving the […]

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In Memory of Maude Meanwhile, The Scotsman reports on the British government’s agreement to deploy 850 British troops in the area southwest of Baghdad. Here’s […]

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Iraq Losing Billions in Petroleum Revenues AFP reports that interim Iraqi Minister of Petroleum Thamer Ghadban says that sabotage and lack of refining capacity has […]

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Washington Whodunits And Iraq War

Washington Whodunits and the Iraq War Evangelist Pat Robertson has ignited a firestorm by telling CNN that President Bush alleged in March of 2003 that […]

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11 US Soldiers Wounded in SamarraCar Bombs & Assassinations On Wednesday, clashes in Samarra left 11 US soldiers wounded, with 8 civilians killed and 12 […]

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Bush Would Accept Islamic Iraq Bush

Bush would Accept Islamic Iraq Bush fundamentalizes the Middle East President Bush has said that he would “accept” an “Islamic Iraq,” according to AP. If […]

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10 Dead, 109 Wounded Warren Strobel of Knight Ridder has an excellent retrospective on the damage done to the US effort in Iraq by the […]

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Democracy And Iraqi Universities Nancy

Democracy and Iraqi Universities Nancy Youssef of Knight Ridder gives us an excellent piece on the democratic process and debates at Iraq’s universities. An excerpt: […]

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