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The wrong question about the war in Iran
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The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

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Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

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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 […]

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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 […]

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

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Aqila Al Hashimi Dies Interim Governing

Aqila Al Hashimi Dies Interim Governing

Aqila al-Hashimi Dies Interim Governing Council member Aqila al-Hashimi, a long-time official in the Iraqi foreign ministry, died of her wounds on Thursday. She had […]

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Talabani’s Mosul HQ Attacked; Al-Qaeda Connection Gunmen sprayed machine gun fire at the party offices in Mosul of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan headed by […]

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