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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad W

Bush Sneaks in and Out of Baghdad W. must have envisaged his triumphal first trip to Baghdad very differently. Last spring, before the war, he […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa To Americans In Meantime

Sistanis Fatwa To Americans In Meantime

Sistani’s Fatwa to the Americans In the meantime, Bush’s team at the Coalition Provisional Authority were scrambling to respond to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s critique […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Raises Objections To Latest

Sistani Raises Objections To Latest

Sistani Raises Objections to Latest Coalition Plan According to al-Hayat, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and a […]

Juan Cole

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2 Us Troops Wounded In Mosul Italian

2 US troops wounded in Mosul; Italian Embassy in Baghdad Hit by Rockets Guerrillas fired a rocket or mortar round into the second floor of […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq War Damaging Us War On Terror

Iraq War Damaging Us War On Terror

Iraq War damaging US War on Terror Warren Strobel of Knight Ridder points out that many counter-terrorism analysts are convinced that the real war on […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei America Sinking Into Quagmire

Khamenei America Sinking Into Quagmire

Khamenei: ‘America Sinking into Quagmire” “ Iran’s Supreme Jurisprudent, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a radio address that: ‘The American nation should know that Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Norwegian Troops In Iraq Fear For

Norwegian Troops In Iraq Fear For

Norwegian troops in Iraq fear for safety Norwegian troops appear to be surprised to find that they are not actually in a peacekeeping role in […]

Juan Cole

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Marshall Cheney Had Garner Fire Warrick

Marshall Cheney Had Garner Fire Warrick

Marshall: Cheney had Garner Fire Warrick Josh Marshall has excellent analysis of Jay Garner’s BBC interview on the failing of the US in handling post-war […]

Juan Cole

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More On Why Partitioning Iraq Is Very

More on Why Partitioning Iraq is a Very Bad Idea Jack Straw alluded to the dangers of a break-up of Iraq in a news conference […]

Juan Cole

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