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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60
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Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sixty years ago, July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, former […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám I

08/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

Protesting Harvard’s Cancellation of a Journal issue on Education in Palestine

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Breaking News Shiite Badr Brigade Hq In

Breaking News Shiite Badr Brigade Hq In

Breaking News: Shiite Badr Brigade HQ in Baghdad Bombed According to CNN, a huge bomb demolished the headquarters of the paramilitary Badr Brigade in Baghdad, […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed Another Wounded

1 Us Soldier Killed Another Wounded

1 US Soldier Killed, Another Wounded along with Translator Guerrillas in northwest Baghdad mounted an ambush late Wednesday on a 1st Armored Division convoy, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim To Ash Sharq Al Awsat Saddam

Al Hakim To Ash Sharq Al Awsat Saddam

Al-Hakim to ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Saddam must be Tried in Iraq In an interview with the London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat, Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, current […]

Juan Cole

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Kofi Annan May Visit Iraq Tells Sistani

Kofi Annan May Visit Iraq Tells Sistani

Kofi Annan May visit Iraq; Tells Sistani Direct Elections Impractical Kofi Annan is seeking a Jan. 15 meeting with the countries involved in Iraq and […]

Juan Cole

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Should Saddam Be Executed Or Exhibited

Should Saddam Be Executed Or Exhibited

Should Saddam be Executed or Exhibited in Stocks and Spit on? Shiites Debate The Associated Press reports on the debate in the Shiite holy city […]

Juan Cole

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So This Is Liberation One Of Prime

So This Is Liberation One Of Prime

So this is Liberation? One of the prime messages the Bush Public Relations team has attempted to project to the US public is that the […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Recognizes Justice

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Recognizes Justice

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Recognizes Justice of Reparations to Iran Reuters reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the current president of the Interim Governing Council, has admitted […]

Juan Cole

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Convalescence For Iraqi Psyche Needed

Convalescence For Iraqi Psyche Needed

Convalescence for the Iraqi Psyche Needed: Sunni-Shiite Clashes in Wake of Saddam Capture Maureen Fan of Knight-Ridder observes that the capture of Saddam by the […]

Juan Cole

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Several Us Troops Wounded In Mosul And

Several Us Troops Wounded In Mosul And

Several US Troops Wounded in Mosul and near Kirkuk; Assassination and a Bomb in Baghdad AFP reports that 3 US soldiers were wounded in separate […]

Juan Cole

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