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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

07/02/2025 By Open Democracy

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

07/02/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Us Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

Us Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

*US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Monday, of the future of Iraq that he did not expect to see a theocracy there like that […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Us Military Forces

Breaking News Us Military Forces

*Breaking News US military forces arrested Shaikh Muhammad al-Fartusi and two other clerics at a Baghdad checkpoint. This arrest provoked a big demonstration of 5,000 […]

Juan Cole

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Tens Of Thousands Of Iraqi Shiites

Tens Of Thousands Of Iraqi Shiites

*Tens of thousands of Iraqi Shiites continue to make their way to Karbala, the site of the shrine of Imam Husayn, to commemorate the 40th […]

Juan Cole

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Eight Nations Bordering Iraq Met In

Eight Nations Bordering Iraq Met In

*The eight nations bordering Iraq met in Riyad and called for an early US withdrawal. They demanded that the US abide by the 4th Geneva […]

Juan Cole

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Some Two Million Shiites Live In

Some Two Million Shiites Live In

Some two million Shiites live in eastern Baghdad, and several factions are jockeying for influence with them. Press reports of local Shiite clerics in Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hayat For April 18 Has Interview

Al Hayat For April 18 Has Interview

*Al-Hayat for April 18 has an interview with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Najaf. It says that Sistani “affirmed his rejection of any foreign power […]

Juan Cole

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Ive Just Read Several Recent New

Ive Just Read Several Recent New

*I’ve just read several recent new reports on the Shiites of Iraq, and I am struck by how often people mention the authority they grant […]

Juan Cole

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Afp And Ash Sharq Al Awsat Are

Afp And Ash Sharq Al Awsat Are

AFP and ash-Sharq al-Awsat are reporting that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani (73) in Najaf issued a statement through is son, Muhammad Rida Ali Sistani, calling […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Shiites In Slums Of Baghdad Which

Iraqi Shiites In Slums Of Baghdad Which

Iraqi Shiites in the slums of Baghdad, which were once called al-Thawrah Towship and then Saddam City, have now renamed their neighborhood Sadr City after […]

Juan Cole

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