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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Sa 14 Used In Attack On Dhl Plane

Sa 14 Used In Attack On Dhl Plane

SA-14 used in Attack on DHL Plane A videotape of guerrillas’ attack on the DHL plane at Baghdad airport was given to a French reporter […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa Trumped Bremer Rajiv

Sistanis Fatwa Trumped Bremer Rajiv

Sistani’s Fatwa trumped Bremer Rajiv Chandrasekharan has a wonderful article in the Washington Post on the way Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s fatwa of June 28 […]

Juan Cole

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Igc Cant Let Go Some Members Of Interim

Igc Cant Let Go Some Members Of Interim

IGC Can’t Let Go Some members of the Interim Governing Council, which was set to be dissolved in June on the election of a new […]

Juan Cole

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Banning Al Arabiya Real Reason That Al

Banning Al Arabiya Real Reason That Al

Banning al-Arabiya The real reason that al-Arabiya satellite television is being banned in Iraq is not that it showed videotapes of Saddam, but that it […]

Juan Cole

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Halliburton Accused Of Gouging

Halliburton Accused Of Gouging

Halliburton accused of Gouging According to AFP, three Democratic leaders in Congress are charging Halliburton with gouging US taxpayers by charging $2.65 per gallon to […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Us Troops Humiliation Only Un

Al Hakim Us Troops Humiliation Only Un

al-Hakim: US Troops a Humiliation: Only a UN Resolution Can Authorize Them AFP reports that the leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Only Real Solution Is Immediate

Muqtada Only Real Solution Is Immediate

Muqtada: The Only Real Solution is Immediate US Withdrawal John Daniszewski of the LA Times has an interview with Muqtada al-Sadr about the new plans […]

Juan Cole

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Why Breaking Up Iraq Is Very Very Bad

Why Breaking Up Iraq Is Very Very Bad

Why Breaking up Iraq is a Very, Very Bad Idea Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council for Foreign Affairs and a former NYT […]

Juan Cole

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How We Denied Democracy To Middle East

How We Denied Democracy To Middle East

How We Denied Democracy to the Middle East Robert Fisk’s essay, “How we denied democracy to the ME,” coming in response to Bush’s new policy […]

Juan Cole

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