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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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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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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Iran May Send Reconstruction Aid To

Iran May Send Reconstruction Aid To

Iran may Send Reconstruction Aid to Iraq The US continues to be schizophrenic on the issue of Iran. The State Department appears to have reached […]

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Iyad Alawi Takes Over Presidency Of Igc

Iyad Alawi Takes Over Presidency Of Igc

Iyad Alawi takes over Presidency of IGC Iyad Alawi became president of the Interim Governing Council on October 1, in accordance with a compromise that […]

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Wesley Clark Calls For Criminal

Wesley Clark Calls For Criminal

Wesley Clark Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bush Iraq policy Presidential hopeful Gen. Wesley Clark said Friday he believes the Bush administration should be investigated […]

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Land Ruled By Chaos Goldenberg Suzanne

Land Ruled By Chaos Goldenberg Suzanne

“A Land Ruled by Chaos” – Goldenberg Suzanne Goldenberg’s long account of her recent journey to Iraq in The Guardian sounds an awful lot more […]

Juan Cole

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References Clark Bush Should Face

References Clark Bush Should Face

References “Clark: Bush Should Face Inquiry” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main. jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/04/wclark04. xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/04/ixportaltop.html Robin Wright and Maggie Farley, “US Tries,” http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/ complete/la-fg-chalabi3oct03,1,1966418. story?coll=la-iraq-complete Robin Wright, “Iran May Assist” http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/ […]

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4 Us Soldiers Wounded In Iraq Two Us

4 Us Soldiers Wounded In Iraq Two Us

4 US soldiers wounded in Iraq Two US soldiers were wounded in a firefight in Falluja on Thursday, in which some civilians were also injured. […]

Juan Cole

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Unfortunate Says Rumsfeld Kay Mission

Unfortunate Says Rumsfeld Kay Mission

“Unfortunate,” Says Rumsfeld; Kay Mission Fails David Kay reports a failure to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and asks for $600 mn. […]

Juan Cole

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