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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope
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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

Richard Penaskovic

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

05/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

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Kurds Uneasy In New Iraq Kurdish

Kurds Uneasy In New Iraq Kurdish

Kurds uneasy in New Iraq The Kurdish minority in Iraq fought enthusiastically alongside US troops to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Its two simple demands are that […]

Juan Cole

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Us Hq Large Hotels In Baghdad

Us Hq Large Hotels In Baghdad

US HQ, Large Hotels in Baghdad Barricaded; the Rise of the Luxury Hotel Militias. Journalist Hazim al-Amin has returned to Baghdad for al-Hayat, and reports […]

Juan Cole

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Barzani Greets Turkish Indecision On

Barzani Greets Turkish Indecision On

Barzani Greets Turkish Indecision on Troops In an interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat in the United Arab Emirates, Massoud Barzani greeted the Turkish government’s new state […]

Juan Cole

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Two Us Soldiers Killed One Injured At

Two Us Soldiers Killed One Injured At

Two US Soldiers Killed, One injured at Kirkuk Guerrillas near Kirkuk fired on a US patrol with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns late Saturday, […]

Juan Cole

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Interim Council Establishes Security

Interim Council Establishes Security

Interim Council establishes Security Committee Iraq’s Interim Governing Council responded to the recent violence in the holy city of Karbala between a cleric’s militia and […]

Juan Cole

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Economic Privatization And

Economic Privatization And

Economic Privatization and Liberalization in Iraq, Kuwait–maybe even Egypt The US is going ahead with privatizing 12 state owned enterprises, mainly services, in Iraq. This […]

Juan Cole

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Bin Laden Tape On Iraq Thing That

Bin Laden Tape On Iraq Thing That

Bin Laden Tape on Iraq The thing that always strikes me about Bin Laden is how hysterical he remains all the time in his pronouncements, […]

Juan Cole

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Turks May Not Send Troops To Iraq

Turks May Not Send Troops To Iraq

Turks May not Send Troops to Iraq Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey has not made a “must go” decision about sending […]

Juan Cole

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Four Us Soldiers Killed 18 Wounded In

Four Us Soldiers Killed 18 Wounded In

Four US Soldiers Killed, 18 wounded In addition to the three US soldiers killed in Karbala on Friday–one of whom the Arabic press is calling […]

Juan Cole

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