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On January 29, 2024, volunteers from the Palestinian Red Crescent received an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl was trapped in a car, pleading

Passover: Freedom from Pride

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Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Numbers to Die For | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Numbers to Die For | TomDispatch: “* Believe it or not, the Defense Logistics Agency shipped 1.1 million hamburger patties to Afghanistan in […]

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Karzai called Erratic, even Druggie; In fact, he is posing as liberator in shadow of Empire

Karzai called Erratic, even Druggie; In fact, he is posing as liberator in shadow of Empire

Here is the reason it is so important that President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has begun behaving so erratically. It is because the path President […]

Juan Cole

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Wikileaks Video Shows US Killing of 2 Reuters Newsmen

Wikileaks Video Shows US Killing of 2 Reuters Newsmen

Wikileaks on Monday released a 17 minute video of a US helicopter gunship attack on a group of Iraqi men in New Baghdad in 2007. […]

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Pakistani Taliban kill 51 in strikes at Heart of US Presence, and at Secular Party

Pakistani Taliban kill 51 in strikes at Heart of US Presence, and at Secular Party

Although in the US the big news out of Pakistan on Monday, understandably, was a Taliban attack on the american consulate in Peshawar that killed […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings in Iraq kill 41, Wound 237; Attempt to tarnish al-Maliki’s reputation for improving Security;

Bombings in Iraq kill 41, Wound 237; Attempt to tarnish al-Maliki’s reputation for improving Security;

The LAT says that at least 41 persons were killed and 237 were wounded by three suicide bomb attacks targeting the Iranian and German embassies […]

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Bombings Target Foreign Embassies, Kill Dozens; 25 Iraqis Killed by Sunni Extremists; Sadrists close referendum vote

Bombings Target Foreign Embassies, Kill Dozens; 25 Iraqis Killed by Sunni Extremists; Sadrists close referendum vote

The headlines out of Iraq Sunday are mainly owing to the consequences of the US troop withdrawal from that country. Update Three suicide bombs rocked […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan Moves Further Toward Democracy; Could become a Role Model for Other Muslim states

Pakistan Moves Further Toward Democracy; Could become a Role Model for Other Muslim states

The Pakistani government on Friday tabled a proposed 18th amendment to the constitution, which if enacted will be an enormous advance toward democratization in the […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Phones Hu over Iran Sanctions; China Stresses Peaceful Resolution; India Reviving Iran Pipeline Plan

Obama Phones Hu over Iran Sanctions; China Stresses Peaceful Resolution; India Reviving Iran Pipeline Plan

As part of his press for increased sanctions on Iran over its civilian nuclear enrichment program, President Barack Obama called Chinese President Hu Jintao on […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrists are Holding Referendum on PM; Allawi says Would go to Iran, form Gov’t of National Unity

Sadrists are Holding Referendum on PM; Allawi says Would go to Iran, form Gov’t of National Unity

The party of Muqtada al-Sadr in the Iraqi parliament, with 39 seats, intends to hold a referendum on which prime ministerial candidate to support on […]

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