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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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Kurdisharab Violence In Kirkuk Dozens

Kurdisharab Violence In Kirkuk Dozens

Kurdish/Arab Violence in Kirkuk Dozens of armed Kurdish men in Kirkuk attacked Arab tribesmen near the city on Thursday afternoon, according to al-Hayat. The Kurds […]

Juan Cole

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Uncompetitive Halliburton Contracts

Uncompetitive Halliburton Contracts

Uncompetitive Halliburton Contracts worth Billions in Iraq The contracts given last February by the US military to Halliburton for putting out petroleum fires and getting […]

Juan Cole

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Ambassador Joe Wilson On Iraq Interview

Ambassador Joe Wilson On Iraq Interview

Ambassador Joe Wilson on Iraq – Interview by Josh Marshall The full story of Ambassador Joe Wilson’s investigation of (fraudulent) claims that Iraq had signed […]

Juan Cole

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No Smallpox Program In Iraq Either Us

No Smallpox Program In Iraq Either Us

No Smallpox Program in Iraq, Either US Secretary of State Colin Powell said in his UN presentation that Iraq had the capacity to produce smallpox, […]

Juan Cole

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Us Soldiers Wounded Afp Reports Four

Us Soldiers Wounded Afp Reports Four

US Soldiers Wounded AFP reports “four more soldiers wounded in two separate attacks on convoys.”

Juan Cole

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Us Tempts Pakistan With Aid In Return

Us Tempts Pakistan With Aid In Return

US Tempts Pakistan with Aid, in return for Troops in Iraq The US is putting pressure on Pakistan to send up to 10,000 troops to […]

Juan Cole

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Cnn Star Says Us Media Were Intimidated

Cnn Star Says Us Media Were Intimidated

CNN Star says US Media were Intimidated by Bush Christiane Amanpour said in an interview on CNBC that the US media had been intimidated into […]

Juan Cole

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Zebari Rules Out Turkish Troops In

Zebari Rules Out Turkish Troops In

Zebari Rules out Turkish Troops in Iraqi Kurdish Areas Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has categorically ruled out the deployment of Turkish troops in the […]

Juan Cole

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Two Us Soldiers Wounded One Albanian

Two Us Soldiers Wounded One Albanian

Two US Soldiers Wounded, One Albanian Killed, Iraqis wounded In Mosul, guerrillas wounded two US soldiers on Monday. In a separate incident, they fired grenades […]

Juan Cole

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