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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring

Mohammed Samaana

Israel and its hard line supporters have long relied on weaponizing charges of antisemitism to silence critics

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

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De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

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Muqtada To Bush Back Off Or Lose

Muqtada To Bush Back Off Or Lose

Muqtada to Bush: Back off or Lose the Election The Saudi London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Muqtada al-Sadr called Friday upon US President George […]

Juan Cole

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Fighting Rages In Fallujah Najaf

Fighting Rages In Fallujah Najaf

Fighting Rages in Fallujah, Najaf, Karbala; 6 US Troops Dead, Hundreds of Iraqis The US suffered 6 more combat deaths on Wednesday and Thursday. In […]

Juan Cole

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Situation In Najaf Kind Friend Who Was

Situation In Najaf Kind Friend Who Was

The Situation in Najaf A kind friend who was able to get a phone call into Najaf reports as follows: ‘ I called my friend […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Calls For End To Hostilities

Muqtada Calls For End To Hostilities

Muqtada Calls for an End to Hostilities Back to Iraq has posted a link to the text of a proclamation by Muqtada al-Sadr that calls […]

Juan Cole

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Patel On Muqtada Al Sadr David Patel

Patel On Muqtada Al Sadr David Patel

Patel on Muqtada al-Sadr David Patel writes from Iraq concerning the allegation that Muqtada is being “run” by the Iran-based cleric Kadhim al-Haeri: ‘ I […]

Juan Cole

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Gunbattles Rage In Many Iraqi Cities On

Gunbattles Rage In Many Iraqi Cities On

Gunbattles Rage in Many Iraqi Cities on Wednesday az-Zaman reports ongoing gunbattles in Ramadi and Fallujah between Sunni Arab forces and US marines. It also […]

Juan Cole

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Militias Forbidden And Us Hypocrisy

Militias Forbidden And Us Hypocrisy

Militias Forbidden? And US Hypocrisy Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor, who has often attempted to peddle frankly false stories, was at it again on […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Fatwa On Insurgency Trans

Sistani Fatwa On Insurgency Trans

Sistani Fatwa on Insurgency trans. J. Cole from Sistani.org Question: You know the cruel methods that the Occupation Forces are employing in the continuing clashes […]

Juan Cole

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12 Us Troops Killed At Ramadi Over 24

12 Us Troops Killed At Ramadi Over 24

12 US Troops Killed at Ramadi; Over 24 Wounded; 3 Killed at Kadhimiyah US troops died at the hands of Sunni Arab guerrillas at Ramadi […]

Juan Cole

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