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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

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Zarqawi Issue Still On Front Burner

Zarqawi Issue Still On Front Burner

Zarqawi Issue Still on the Front Burner Tony Karon at Time’s weblog and Jim Lobe in the Asia Times both write interestingly on the letter […]

Juan Cole

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11 Iraqis Killed 55 Foreign Troops

11 Iraqis Killed 55 Foreign Troops

11 Iraqis Killed, 55 Foreign Troops Wounded in Car Bombings Reuters reports that guerrillas launched two car bomb attacks against a military base near Hilla […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Contradicted Again President Bush

Bush Contradicted Again President Bush

Bush Contradicted Again President Bush keeps saying that everyone thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war, implying that if he was […]

Juan Cole

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Armed Militias Of Sciri Dawa Patrol

Armed Militias Of Sciri Dawa Patrol

Armed Militias of SCIRI, Da`wa Patrol Samawah AFP via az-Zaman: Security is being provided to the southern Shiite city of Samawah, pop. 350,000, by the […]

Juan Cole

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Laissez Faire Kaput Reuters Confirms

Laissez Faire Kaput Reuters Confirms

Laissez Faire Kaput Reuters confirms earlier reports that Tom Foley, the Coalition Provisional Authority official in charge of economic policy, has given up on a […]

Juan Cole

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Karbala Affairs Az Zaman Reports That

Karbala Affairs Az Zaman Reports That

Karbala Affairs az-Zaman reports that a CPA official* has forced the resignation of the governor and deputy govenor of Karbala province along with several members […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer Left Brass Out Of Loop On Iraqi

Bremer Left Brass Out Of Loop On Iraqi

Bremer left Brass out of Loop on Iraqi Army Dissolution AFP reports that Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace says […]

Juan Cole

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Women Demonstrate Demanding Equal

Women Demonstrate Demanding Equal

Women Demonstrate Demanding Equal Rights Small groups of women demonstrated in cities all over Iraq on Wednesday, demanding that equal rights for them be specified […]

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Japan Invites Samawah Chieftains To

Japan Invites Samawah Chieftains To

Japan invites Samawah Chieftains to Tokyo The tribal chieftains of the Samawah region have been invited to Tokyo in April for consultations about the best […]

Juan Cole

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