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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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Us 3rd Infantry Division Has Entered

Us 3rd Infantry Division Has Entered

*The US 3rd Infantry Division has entered southern Iraq virtually without opposition. The insertion of some 16,000 or 17,000 men into enemy territory before the […]

Juan Cole

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Asharq Al Awsat Reports That Hundreds

Asharq Al Awsat Reports That Hundreds

*Asharq al-Awsat reports that hundreds of “Afghan Arabs” (volunteers, mainly from the Arab world, who had fought the Soviets or with the Taliban in Afghanistan) […]

Juan Cole

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My Mind And Heart Are Like Those Of So

My Mind And Heart Are Like Those Of So

*My mind and heart are, like those of so many Americans, focused on the Gulf and Iraq tonight. I am thinking about all those brave […]

Juan Cole

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Why You Should Pray that We Don’t Bomb the Sites Sacred to Shiites

Why You Should Pray that We Don’t Bomb the Sites Sacred to Shiites

http://hnn.us/articles/1322.html History News Network 3-17-03: News Abroad Why You Should Pray that We Don’t Bomb the Sites Sacred to Shiites By Juan Cole Most Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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It Appears To Be Case That Iraq Simply has no nuclear weapons program

It Appears To Be Case That Iraq Simply has no nuclear weapons program

It appears to be the case that Iraq simply has no nuclear weapons program. Al-Baradei of the IAEA has swept the country with Geiger counters […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Authorities Have Arrested

Pakistani Authorities Have Arrested

*Pakistani authorities have arrested Yasser al-Jaziri, a North African al-Qaeda leader, in the posh Gulburg district of Lahore. They met no resistance after acting on […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Based Reporter John R

Saudi Based Reporter John R

*Saudi-based reporter John R. Bradley says in the Sidney Morning Herald that the Saudi Defense Minister, Sultan b. Abdul Aziz, has confirmed that “that United […]

Juan Cole

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Today Is Ashura Holiest Day Of Shiite

Today Is Ashura Holiest Day Of Shiite

*Today is Ashura’, the holiest day of the Shiite Muslim calendar, consecrated to mourning the martyrdom of the Prophet’s grandson Husayn. It is a time […]

Juan Cole

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Midnight’s Other Children: Reading Rushdie in the Middle East

Midnight’s Other Children: Reading Rushdie in the Middle East

Midnight’s Other Children: Reading Rushdie in the Middle East | – Talk Delivered at a Panel in Honor of the Premiere of Midnight’s Children The […]

Juan Cole

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