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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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Lies Damn Lies And Statistics Two

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics Two recent opinion polls, one done by the Zogby group looking at 600 residents from four Iraqi cities, and another […]

Juan Cole

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Al Zawahiri Overthow Musharraf Deputy

Al Zawahiri Overthow Musharraf Deputy

al-Zawahiri: Overthow Musharraf! The deputy head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahir, issued a videotape in which he called on Pakistanis to rise up and overthrow President […]

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Bushs Bad News Blues For Bill

Bush’s Bad News Blues For Bill Berkowitz’s fine piece, “Bush’s bad news blues Administration cooks up new campaign ‘to shine light on progress made in […]

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Extent Of Saddams Atrocities John

Extent of Saddam’s Atrocities? John Laughland questions UK PM Tony Blair’s assertion that Saddam put 300,000 Iraqis into mass graves. The figure 290,000 victims of […]

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Two Us Soldiers Killed On Late Thursday

Two Us Soldiers Killed On Late Thursday

Two US Soldiers Killed On late Thursday, guerrillas fired a rocket propelled grenade at military vehicles near Kirkuk, killing a soldier from the 173rd Airborne […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrist Militia Interferes With Burial

Sadrist Militia Interferes With Burial

Sadrist Militia interferes with Burial Rites for Aqila al-Hashimi Aqila al-Hashimi, a Shiite member of the Interim Governing Council, was buried in Najaf on Friday […]

Juan Cole

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Judicial Board Constituted Cpa Head

Judicial Board Constituted CPA head Paul Bremer signed an order creating an independent judicial council to oversee the Iraqi legal system. It will be supervised […]

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Guerrillas Wound 8 Us Soldiers Kill 8

Guerrillas Wound 8 Us Soldiers Kill 8

Guerrillas wound 8 US Soldiers; Kill 8 Iraqis Guerrillas wounded 8 US soldiers on Thursday, leaving one in critical and two in serious condition. Two […]

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Bombing Foiled In Najaf Shrine Police

Bombing Foiled In Najaf Shrine Police

Bombing Foiled in Najaf The shrine police in Najaf accosted two suspicious men carrying bags in that city in the middle of the night of […]

Juan Cole

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