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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

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The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

02/26/2026 By The Conversation

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

02/26/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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We have Met the Environmental Poisons and they are US

We have Met the Environmental Poisons and they are US

They actually put it in baby bottles! Chemical in plastics gives you diabetes, heart attacks. We are now exposed to thousands of chemicals in daily […]

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Palestinians See no Hope in Kadima Leadership Change

Palestinians See no Hope in Kadima Leadership Change

Aljazeera reports on the dim view Palestinians are taking of the contest for leadership of the Kadima Party in Israel.

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35 Killed in Bombings, 73 Wounded; Petraeus Leaves Iraq Better than He Found It

35 Killed in Bombings, 73 Wounded; Petraeus Leaves Iraq Better than He Found It

In Baladruz, in Diyala Province east of Baghdad, a female suicide bomber attacked a homecoming party for an Iraqi soldier just released from nearly a […]

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Is the Bush Administration at War with its Own Weapons in Pakistan?

Is the Bush Administration at War with its Own Weapons in Pakistan?

The NYT reports, “the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and […]

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Iraq
28 Killed, 40 Wounded; Peshmerga Killed in Roadside Bombing; 4 Sharqiya Staff Kidnapped, Killed

28 Killed, 40 Wounded; Peshmerga Killed in Roadside Bombing; 4 Sharqiya Staff Kidnapped, Killed

In a continuing wave of violence in Iraq, 28 persons were killed and 40 wounded on Saturday. Among the dead were 9 members of the […]

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Azizabad Survivors Demand Justice from US; S. Asian Britons "Boiling" with Anger over US Raids

Azizabad Survivors Demand Justice from US; S. Asian Britons "Boiling" with Anger over US Raids

Aljazeera English reports that the Afghans bombed by the US near Herat are demanding justice. Apparently an al-Qaeda operative named “Nadir” tricked the US, telling […]

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Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break

Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break

Satire alert The Republican campaign of Sarah Palin admitted on Satuday that contrary to their previous assertions,she had not actually visited US troops inside Iraq, […]

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Iraq
Bombings at Dujail, Sinjar Kill over 30, wound 85

Bombings at Dujail, Sinjar Kill over 30, wound 85

Two big bombings targeted Shiites on Friday. A bomb killed over 30 persons and wounded over 40 in Dujail, a largely Shiite city northeast of […]

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Afghanistan: Taliban hit US Security Firm, 23 Dead

Afghanistan: Taliban hit US Security Firm, 23 Dead

Taliban in Afghanistan attacked the convoy of the US security firm, US Protection and Investigations, on Friday. 23 persons were killed in the clash,including 15 […]

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