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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Palin Pranked

Palin Pranked

Sarah Palin gets pranked by a comedy team from Montreal pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Scariest things about the interview: 1. Palin laughs […]

Juan Cole

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Sanchez asks Goldfarb a Question

Sanchez asks Goldfarb a Question

CNN’s Rick Sanchez asks McCain campaign flack Michael Goldfarb to give specifics when he claims that Barack Obama pals around with antisemites; Goldfarb crashes and […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq to Share Security Plan with Neighbors; Syria may cut Diplomatic ties with Iraq

Iraq to Share Security Plan with Neighbors; Syria may cut Diplomatic ties with Iraq

After the Iraqi government receives a response from the US on five changes to the draft security agreement proposed by the cabinet of Prime Minister […]

Juan Cole

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Olbermann: McCain/ Khalidi

Olbermann: McCain/ Khalidi

Keith Olbmermann on how the McCain campaign’s sleazy attack on Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi backfired when it turned out that McCain had given Khalidi’s […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
74% of US Voters Hold Iraq an Important Issue; Security Agreement in Doubt; Syria Closes US Embassy for a Day

74% of US Voters Hold Iraq an Important Issue; Security Agreement in Doubt; Syria Closes US Embassy for a Day

Three quarters of American voters say that the Iraq War is a very important or extremely important issue for them. I talk around the country […]

Juan Cole

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The Iraq War Bluff Revisited

The Iraq War Bluff Revisited

Thanks to Mark Ganzer for digging back out a long post of mine from summer of 2002 about the Iraq War, then looming, and its […]

Juan Cole

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McCain Racism, Hypocrisy on Khalidi Issue

McCain Racism, Hypocrisy on Khalidi Issue

The increasingly sleazy John McCain, who once promised to run a clean campaign, has now attacked my friend Rashid Khalidi and attempted to use him […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqis Want Strict Withdrawal Timetable; $6 Bn. Spent on Private Security Guards by Bush

Iraqis Want Strict Withdrawal Timetable; $6 Bn. Spent on Private Security Guards by Bush

Remember how John McCain insisted to Wolf Blitzer that the security pact being negotiated by Iraq and the Bush administration talks about the withdrawal of […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Condemns Syria Raid; Seeks Renegotiation of Security Accord

Iraq Condemns Syria Raid; Seeks Renegotiation of Security Accord

Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh on Tuesday backed off his earlier support for the US raid into Syria. He said that the Iraqi constitution forbids […]

Juan Cole

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