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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

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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Mosque Arms Stockpiles Targeted in Ramadi Alexandra Zavis of AP reports that US troops raided 7 mosques in Ramadi on Tuesday and arrested a leading […]

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Sistani Rules That Believers Must

Sistani Rules that Believers Must Register to Vote Barzani threatens to Fight for Kirkuk KarbalaNews.net reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has issued a formal […]

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3 Us Soldiers Killed 5 Wounded 2

3 US Soldiers Killed, 5 Wounded 2 Iraqis Killed, 27 Wounded wire services report that guerrillas killed at least three US soldiers in separate attacks […]

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Cheney Pressured CIA Philip Sherwell’s article for the Telegraph about the bad feeling between the Bush administration and the old guard at the CIA has […]

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Womens Issues In Iraq Ash Sharq Al

Womens Issues In Iraq Ash Sharq Al

Women’s Issues in Iraq Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Safiya al-Suhail, the shaykha or female tribal leader of the Banu Tamim tribe, has been appointed Iraqi […]

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Al Qaeda Baader Meinhoff And Patriot

Al-Qaeda, Baader-Meinhoff and the Patriot Act David K. Moore writes: ” I have to bring something up about the analogy to the Red Army Faction. […]

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How Would Cheney Complete War On

How Would Cheney Complete the “War on Terror”? Vice President Dick Cheney today attacked John Kerry. ” Cheney and two other speakers at the rally […]

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21 Dead 16 Injured In Car Bombs 2 Us

21 Dead, 16 Injured in Car Bombs 2 US Soldiers announced Killed Associated Press reports that 2 car bombs killed 11 and wounded dozens on […]

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Walbridge Bush War On Terror

Walbridge: Bush War on Terror Discounted in Bazaar John Walbridge of Indiana University, who has long experience in the Middle East and Pakistan, writes: ” […]

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