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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

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Muslim Brotherhood Heads Up Iraq Under

Muslim Brotherhood Heads Up Iraq Under

Muslim Brotherhood Heads up Iraq under Americans AFP reports that the president of the Interim Governing Council for February is Muhsin Abdul Hamid, the leader […]

Juan Cole

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Details Of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law

Details Of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law

Details of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas [“Firebrand”: Arabic URL] has published a draft of the Fundamental Law on which the Interim […]

Juan Cole

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14 Dead In Iraq Attacks Including 3 Us

14 Dead In Iraq Attacks Including 3 Us

14 Dead in Iraq Attacks, including 3 US Soldiers Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill 3 US troops near Kirkuk on Saturday. Another group […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Seek Something Close To Free

Shiites Seek Something Close To Free

Shiites Seek Something Close to Free Elections A glimpse of the likely strategy of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and his chief aides can be found […]

Juan Cole

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Senior Us Officials Knew In May There

Senior Us Officials Knew In May There

Senior US Officials Knew in May there was no WMD in Iraq The Observer reports that “US military survey teams sent to visit suspected sites […]

Juan Cole

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Rieff On Iraqi Shiites David Rieffs

Rieff On Iraqi Shiites David Rieffs

Rieff on Iraqi Shiites David Rieff”s excellent firsthand report from Iraq on the Shiite movements there in the New York Times magazine is now available […]

Juan Cole

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Dutch Embassy Destroyed By Rocket 4

Dutch Embassy Destroyed By Rocket 4

Dutch Embassy Destroyed by Rocket; 4 Policemen gunned down in Mosul According to wire services, Baghdad was shaken by several explosions late Friday night, including […]

Juan Cole

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Debate Begins On Constitutional

Debate Begins On Constitutional

Debate Begins on Constitutional Provisions in Iraq Alissa Rubin of the Los Angeles Times has a fine piece today discussing debates in Iraq over the […]

Juan Cole

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Mi6 To Be Called Before Parliament On

Mi6 To Be Called Before Parliament On

MI6 to be Called before Parliament on Weapons Estimates The London Times reports that “Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of MI6, will appear before the […]

Juan Cole

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