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Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas
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Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas

Dan Dinello

US forces hit the targeted boat once, then hit it again — the second strike vaporizing two shipwrecked survivors clinging to the wreckage

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Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’

Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’

12/11/2025 By Middle East Monitor

“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony

“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony

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Protest Letter Of 52 British Former

Protest Letter of 52 British Former Diplomats to Blair on Iraq Policy The letter is worth reading in full, and probably it is also worth […]

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More Violence In Iraq I Was At

More Violence In Iraq I Was At

More Violence in Iraq I was at a conference at Columbia on Monday and then traveling and so was away from news most of the […]

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Shots Fired At Bulgarian President

Shots Fired At Bulgarian President

Shots Fired at Bulgarian President Parvanov Attacks Kill 9 in Iraq, Including 2 US Military Personnel Guerrillas directed fire at visiting Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov […]

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Ex Baath Reservist Officers Recalled In

Ex Baath Reservist Officers Recalled In

Ex-Baath Reservist Officers Recalled in Iraq Az-Zaman: The new minister of defense, Ali Allawi, has called upon all officers in the former Baath military reserves, […]

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Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons in Najaf Mosques, Schools AP reports that a US general has said that he will move US troops into a base just […]

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60 Of Documentation For Modern Iraqi

60 Of Documentation For Modern Iraqi

60% of Documentation for Modern Iraqi History Lost Ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP have an article on the impact of the looting last April after the fall […]

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Poll 57 Of Americans Believe Saddam

Poll 57 Of Americans Believe Saddam

Poll: 57% of Americans Believe Saddam Gave Substantial Support to al-Qaeda A new poll shows that as of mid-March, 57% of Americans believed that Saddam […]

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Iranian Diplomat Says Us Attack On

Iranian Diplomat Says Us Attack On

Iranian Diplomat Says a US attack on Najaf will Lead to Widespread Crisis throughout Iraq From the ISNA website, via by BBC World Monitoring: Iranian […]

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40 Killed In Another Bloody Iraq

40 Killed In Another Bloody Iraq

40 Killed in Another Bloody Iraq Saturday At Least 5 US Soldiers Dead; Unknown US Casualties in Haswa, Kut Boat Bombers Strike Basra Vessels, Kill […]

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