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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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One Us Soldier Killed Three Wounded

One Us Soldier Killed Three Wounded

One US Soldier Killed, three Wounded. Guerrillas in Sadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad, killed one US soldier from the 4th Infantry Division and wounded […]

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Iraqis Forbidden To Work For Some Us

Iraqis Forbidden To Work For Some Us

Iraqis Forbidden to work for Some US Contractors The New York Times finally broke the story on Saturday of the US rebuilding efforts in Iraq […]

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Novak Leak Outs Cia Front Company Cia

Novak Leak Outs Cia Front Company Cia

Novak Leak Outs CIA Front Company The CIA uses fictional or semi-real companies as fronts sometimes, and Ambassador Joe Wilson’s wife used one as a […]

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Cook Says Blair Knew Iraqi Wmd No

Cook Says Blair Knew Iraqi Wmd No

Cook Says Blair Knew Iraqi WMD no Threat British PM Tony Blair at one point alleged that Iraq could launch a WMD strike on Europe […]

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Unemployment Riots In Baghdad Al Hilla

Unemployment Riots In Baghdad Al Hilla

Unemployment Riots in Baghdad, al-Hilla and Basra Former Iraqi soldiers reporting to collect a payment $40 became outraged at the long waits they faced at […]

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Sadrists Have Some Tribal Support In

Sadrists Have Some Tribal Support In

Sadrists Have Some Tribal Support in Southern Cities I often get asked by journalists and others whether Muqtada al-Sadr should be taken seriously, or whether […]

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10000 Shiites Mourn In Najaf Some 10000

10000 Shiites Mourn In Najaf Some 10000

10,000 Shiites Mourn in Najaf Some 10,000 mourners (other reports say more) showed up in Najaf for the 40-day commemoration of the assassination of Ayatollah […]

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Bombing In Basra Averted Iraqi Police

Bombing In Basra Averted Iraqi Police

Bombing in Basra Averted Iraqi police in Basra also discovered a huge bomb in Al-Tanuma Square near the bridge over the Shatt al-Arab, disarming it […]

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Continued Attacks On Us Troops Wound

Continued Attacks On Us Troops Wound

Continued Attacks on US Troops Wound Iraqis Instead Guerrillas set off a roadside bomb in Khalidiya on Friday, damaging US military vehicles; no injuries were […]

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