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Juan Cole

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Hrw Israel Guilty Of War Crimes Human

Hrw Israel Guilty Of War Crimes Human

Juan Cole

HRW: Israel Guilty of War Crimes Human Rights Watch, after extensive investigation, has concluded that the Israeli military is guilty of war crimes. HRW says: Israeli forces have systematically failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians in their military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said in report released today. The pattern of […]

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56 Dead In Iraq Violence Spike In

56 Dead In Iraq Violence Spike In

Juan Cole

56 Dead in Iraq Violence Spike in Attacks on US Troops out of Anger over Israel It’s Iraq, Stupid, concludes the Trib on the basis of a new Gallup poll that shows this subject is the number one concern of about a third of voters. Two more US troops were killed by guerrillas in al-Anbar […]

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190 Hizbullah Rockets Rain Down On

190 Hizbullah Rockets Rain Down On

Juan Cole

190 Hizbullah Rockets Rain down on Israel 21 Wounded There had been some question about whether Hizbullah’s ability to hit Israel with rockets had been degraded, or whether it was just observing the 48 hour air cease fire. On Wednesday it cleared the mystery up. The indiscriminate firing of rockets on civilian targets wounded 21 […]

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Karen Hughes Denies Israel Has Blank

Karen Hughes Denies Israel Has Blank

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Karen Hughes Denies Israel Has Blank Check Fierce Fighting at Aita al-Shaab, Baalbak Karen Hughes, W.’s official in charge of public diplomacy to the Muslim world, must be about the loneliest person in the world right now. The Neocons inside the administration have been trying to undermine her, from what I hear in Washington (since […]

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70 Killed In Civil Violence 45

70 Killed In Civil Violence 45

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70 Killed in Civil Violence 45 Pilgrims Kidnapped Grand Ayatollahs Turn on Shiite Government? Amid a wave of bombings and violence on Tuesday, among the more dangerous developments was the kidnapping in al-Anbar Province of some 45 Shiite pilgrims on their way back up north after a pilgrimage to the holy city of Najaf. Given […]

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Brown Guest Editorial From Suez To

Brown Guest Editorial From Suez To

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Brown Guest Editorial: From Suez to Baalbak Kenneth Brown* writes: SUEZ A HALF-CENTURY ON: THE CONTINUATION OF WAR BY WAR As a visiting American student in Jerusalem in 1956, I became an inadvertent witness to some aspects of the ignominious tripartite invasion of Egypt and its aftermath in Israel. Fifty years later in unleashing its […]

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Israeli Ground War Ramps Up Worldwide

Israeli Ground War Ramps Up Worldwide

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Israeli Ground War Ramps Up; Worldwide Rallies; Iraqi Vice President Slams Israel There were widespread protests in the Muslim world on Monday against the Qana massacre. 120 Egyptian MPs marched to demand the recall of the US ambassador. There was also a demonstration in Shiite Sadr City, east Baghdad, and bigger demonstrations in Pakistan. Don’t […]

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Sistani Fatwa On Qana Fatwa By Grand

Sistani Fatwa On Qana Fatwa By Grand

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Sistani Fatwa on Qana The fatwa by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani condemning Israel for the Qana massacre and threatening the United States with consequences if it continued to block a ceasefire has now been published at Sistani’s web site in Arabic. I had commented on it yesterday. Below is my translation of it. A communique […]

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Israeli Hizbullah Battles In Deep

Israeli Hizbullah Battles In Deep

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Israeli-Hizbullah Battles in Deep South Israelis Bombed Qana while Relief and Rescue troops worked Update: Israeli war planes conducted further air raids Monday morning, despite Israeli officials’ earlier pledge to cease for 48 hours. The Israelis bombed a car with a Lebanese Army officer and soldiers, killing him. They have repeatedly bombed Lebanese army bases […]

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