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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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It Is Wrong To Attempt To Force Women

It Is Wrong To Attempt To Force Women

*It is wrong to attempt to force women to veil and to force men to wear long beards and “Islamic” dress in Iraqi public places […]

Juan Cole

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One Gi Was Killed Monday And Another

One Gi Was Killed Monday And Another

*One GI was killed Monday and another was wounded when armed men fired on their convoy near the town of Hadithah, which is about 120 […]

Juan Cole

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Huge March Was Staged Yesterday In

Huge March Was Staged Yesterday In

*A huge march was staged yesterday in Casablanca, with tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of participants. Morocco’s Jewish community was among the marchers. But the […]

Juan Cole

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Us Has Been Pressing Supreme Council

Us Has Been Pressing Supreme Council

*The US has been pressing the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq to disarm its Badr Brigade fighters, according to Charlotte Edwardes of the […]

Juan Cole

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Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain

Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain

*Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah of Lebanon has complained about Muslims engaging in violence, saying that they are aping Marxists in so doing rather than […]

Juan Cole

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Belgium Has Begun Trial Of 23 Suspects

Belgium Has Begun Trial Of 23 Suspects

*Belgium has begun the trial of 23 suspects it alleges have links to al-Qaeda. They belong to an obscure group that may have been involved […]

Juan Cole

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Daniel Pipes Who Has Thrown Around

Daniel Pipes Who Has Thrown Around

*Daniel Pipes, who has thrown around accusations that academics critical of American nationalism or Likud aggression are “pro-terrorist,” has now openly come out in favor […]

Juan Cole

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Us Appears To Be Softening Its Stance

Us Appears To Be Softening Its Stance

*The US appears to be softening its stance toward UN participation in the rebuilding of Iraq, in return for a UN Security Council resolution that […]

Juan Cole

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About 10000 Shiites Turned Out For

About 10000 Shiites Turned Out For

*About 10,000 Shiites turned out for peaceful demonstrations in Baghdad Monday against continued US occupation of Iraq, and against the American slighting of the Shiite […]

Juan Cole

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