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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

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3 Us Troops Wounded 6 Iraqis Killed

3 Us Troops Wounded 6 Iraqis Killed

3 US Troops Wounded, 6 Iraqis Killed Wire services report that guerrillas near Fallujah wounded three US troops with a roadside bomb on Thursday. Also […]

Juan Cole

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Tomdispatch Rice And Beans Tom

Tomdispatch Rice And Beans Tom

Tomdispatch: “Rice and Beans” Tom Engelhardt of Tomdispatch.com discusses the odd maneuvering of the Bush administration around the testimony of National Security Adviser Condi Rice […]

Juan Cole

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9 Americans Killed In And Around

9 Americans Killed In And Around

9 Americans Killed in and around Fallujah; Bodies Desecrated The amount of violence against Americans on Wednesday was remarkable, with 5 US soldiers killed by […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands of Shiites Protest in Downtown Baghdad It wasn’t in the headlines in US media because of the violence in Fallujah, but several thousand angry […]

Juan Cole

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Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi: No right of Return, Compensation for Iraqi Jews The Iraqi minister of Housing and Rebuilding, Bayan Baqir al-Zubaidi, denied Wednesday that the current Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz of Baghdad? Rumors are flying around official Washington that the new US ambassador in Iraq as of July 1 will be Paul Wolfowitz. He […]

Juan Cole

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8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8% of Iraqi academics have Fled, 1000 Professionals Assassinated in past Year Ahmad Janabi reports that ‘ More than 1000 leading Iraqi professionals and intellectuals […]

Juan Cole

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Un Excluded From Overseeing Elections

Un Excluded From Overseeing Elections

UN Excluded from Overseeing Elections Al-Hayat reports that the Interim Governing Council (IGC) is rejecting any role for the United Nations in overseeing Iraqi elections […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Elections Must Be Held Soon Az

Sistani Elections Must Be Held Soon Az

Sistani: Elections must be Held soon az-Zaman/Wire Services: A spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani says that elections must be held as soon as possible, […]

Juan Cole

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