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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

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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11 Killed, 40 Wounded in Saturday Bomb Marathon Guerrillas detonated at least 5 bombs in Baghdad on Saturday, killing 11 and wounding 40 persons. It […]

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50 Killed 114 Wounded In Coordinated

50 Killed 114 Wounded In Coordinated

50 Killed, 114 Wounded in Coordinated Series of 17 Bombings 3 Americans Killed, 7 wounded The guerrilla movement pulled off a spectacular set of bombings […]

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Parliament Approves Cabinet Interior

Parliament Approves Cabinet Interior

Parliament Approves Cabinet Interior Ministry goes to Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq Al-Jazirah is reporting, early Friday morning, several car bombs in the […]

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US Soldier, 4 Policemen Killed in Afghanistan by Neo-Taliban Resurgent Taliban forces attacked Afghan police and a US patrol on Wednesday, leaving one American soldier […]

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Racism In Israel Increasing Racial

Racism in Israel The increasing racial tension inside Israel is a worrisome development. But what really struck me is the Israeli government projection that in […]

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Iraqi Cabinet More Details Of New

Iraqi Cabinet More details of the new Iraqi cabinet are now out. The big and rather ominous surprise is that Ahmad Chalabi is the temporary […]

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New Cabinet Al Hayat Says That Grand

New Cabinet Al Hayat Says That Grand

New Cabinet Al-Hayat says that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani had pressed for 10 of the cabinet posts in the new government of Ibrahim Jaafari to […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq News Round Up Guerrillas

Iraq News Round Up Guerrillas

Iraq News Round-Up Guerrillas assassinated an Iraqi female member of parliament Wednesday, women’s rights activist Lamia Abid Khadduri Sakri. Al-Zaman says she was a member […]

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Abu Muslim Rebels Against Al Mansur

Abu Muslim Rebels Against al-Mansur When we left the story, it was perhaps late 754, and a conflict was brewing between the second caliph of […]

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