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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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Iraq War Death Toll 8700 Iraqi Troops

Iraq War Death Toll 8700 Iraqi Troops

Iraq War Death Toll: 8,700 Iraqi Troops, 3,400 Iraqi Civilians A new study by The Project on Defence Alternatives, based on field hospital data and […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqs Christians Meet Ask For Own

Iraqs Christians Meet Ask For Own

Iraq’s Christians Meet, ask for own Province A conference of Chaldean and Assyrian Christians met in Baghdad Monday, and came to two principal decisions (al-Zaman). […]

Juan Cole

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Us Intelligence Failures On Iraq Wmd

Us Intelligence Failures On Iraq Wmd

US Intelligence Failures on Iraq WMD Rooted in Trusting Chalabi, Likud, Neocons Carl W. Ford Jr., the just-retired assistant secretary of State for intelligence and […]

Juan Cole

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Greenstock Charges Foreign Terrorists

Greenstock Charges Foreign Terrorists

Greenstock Charges Foreign Terrorists in Monday’s Wave of Attacks Special representative of the British government in Iraq, Jeremy Greenstock, told the BBC that the modus […]

Juan Cole

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Bangladesh Portugal Will Not Send

Bangladesh Portugal Will Not Send

Bangladesh, Portugal, will not send Troops The US military’s desperate search for an international division of peace enforcers in Iraq has pretty much completely failed. […]

Juan Cole

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57 Of Americans Want Some Troops To

57 Of Americans Want Some Troops To

57% of Americans want some Troops to Come Home; 50% of Americans Disapprove Bush Handling of Iraq According to a CNN/ USA Today poll taken […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqs Neighbors Meet On Crisis Foreign

Iraqs Neighbors Meet On Crisis Foreign

Iraq’s Neighbors meet on Crisis The foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighbors will meet in Damascus in early November, with interim Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari representing […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei Warns Of Secret Plans To

Khamenei Warns Of Secret Plans To

Khamenei Warns of Secret Plans to Dismember Iraq In an interview with al-Zaman, Iran’s Supreme Jurisprudent, Ali Khamenei, said that he was extremely worried by […]

Juan Cole

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Optimistic Pessimistic Views Of

Optimistic Pessimistic Views Of

Optimistic, Pessimistic Views of Kurdistan A friend of mine in northern Iraq sent me the following recently, which I reprint with permission. It is more […]

Juan Cole

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