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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”
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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

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What I like about Pope Leo’s remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

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The Putinization of America

The Putinization of America

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What Does It Mean That Saddam Is P

What Does It Mean That Saddam Is P

What does it mean that Saddam is a P.O.W.? IGC Annoyed Just when you think you’ve got Rumsfeld figured out, he throws a spit ball […]

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Bremer Opposes Kurdish Canton Talabani

Bremer Opposes Kurdish Canton Talabani

Bremer Opposes Kurdish Canton; Talabani insists on it In an interview with the London daily al-Hayat, US civil administrator of Iraq Paul Bremer has come […]

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Situation In Basra David Patel Kindly

Situation In Basra David Patel Kindly

Situation in Basra David Patel kindly writes from Basra with more information about the situation there, some of it contradicting the report in ash-Sharq al-Awsat […]

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Higher 2 Day Casualty Totals I Had

Higher 2 Day Casualty Totals I Had

Higher 2-day Casualty Totals I had written on Friday, “(More troops have been killed on a single day in the past, but 44 killed-and-wounded must […]

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Cheney Coup Detat And Death Of Crassus

Cheney Coup Detat And Death Of Crassus

A Cheney Coup D’Etat? And the Death of Crassus in Iraq I knew that Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of […]

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British Kill 6 Injure 11 In Amarah

British Kill 6 Injure 11 In Amarah

British Kill 6, Injure 11 in Amarah Unemployment Riots Crowds gathered in Amara Saturday to protest continued joblessness and also to indicate their displeasure with […]

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Kurds Win On Loose Federalism In Igcs

Kurds Win On Loose Federalism In Igcs

Kurds win on Loose Federalism in IGC’s Fundamental Law Kurdish Interim Governing Council member Dara Nour Eddine announced that the IGC had agreed to put […]

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Bombing Wounds 37 Kills 5 At Shiite

Bombing Wounds 37 Kills 5 At Shiite

Bombing Wounds 37, Kills 5 at Shiite Mosque in Baqubah The WP reports that on Friday in the eastern city of Baqubah, guerrillas detonated a […]

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Al Hakim Igc Will Invite Un Election

Al Hakim Igc Will Invite Un Election

al-Hakim: IGC will Invite UN Election Commission to Iraq Abdul Aziz al-Hakim met Thursday with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf, and afterwards announced that […]

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