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Was Colonialism a Crime?  Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule
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Was Colonialism a Crime? Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule

Juan Cole

Bennoune He wrote not only of innumerable massacres by French commanders of local populations but also of a vast transfer of landed wealth

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West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

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From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

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Great Justices Installed by Bush As the Alito confirmation hearings begin, it is worth considering some of the judicial consquences of George W. Bush’s various […]

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29 Dead 25 Wounded In Interior

29 Dead, 25 Wounded in Interior Ministry Bombing Two guerrillas with suicide bomb belts attacked the Ministry of the Interior in Baghdad on Monday during […]

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Guerrillas Who Came In From Cold Al

The Guerrillas who Came in from the Cold Al-Hayat [Ar.]: Sources close to the guerrilla groups in Iraq told the pan-Arab, Saudi-backed London daily, al-Hayat […]

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17 Us Troops Killed In Iraq Baghdad

17 US Troops Killed in Iraq: Baghdad Fuel Blockade and Possibility of “All Out Civil War;” US Troops Storm Sunni Mosque A US military Blackhawk […]

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Kurdistan Government Unifies Two Major

Kurdistan Government Unifies The two major Kurdish parties fought a major war with one another 1994-1997, during which Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party […]

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Kurdish Shiite Parties May Lack 23s

Kurdish, Shiite Parties may lack 2/3s Iraq War may Cost over $1 Trillion Revised. A Western diplomat with knowledge of the unofficial voting returns in […]

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Shiite Crowds Protest Bombings, US Support for Sunni Arabs; 11 GIs Killed The US military announced that Thursday was the bloodiest day for US troops […]

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Bremer Bush Administration Never Saw

Bremer: Bush Administration Never saw Iraq Insurgency Coming Paul Bremer, who ruled Iraq for a year after the fall of Saddam, was asked about his […]

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130 Killed Over 200 Wounded In Two

130 Killed, Over 200 Wounded in Two Huge Bombings, Other Attacks Al-Hakim Blames Coalition for Holding Shiite Commandos Back Al-Hayat [Ar.]: Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader […]

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