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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Al-Maliki Will Not Sign Security Agreement

Al-Maliki Will Not Sign Security Agreement

McClatchy reports that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has reneged on the security agreement that his office negotiated with the Bush administration, and now says he […]

Juan Cole

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Palin the Plumber; Wardrobe Purchases Violate McCain-Feingold Law!

Palin the Plumber; Wardrobe Purchases Violate McCain-Feingold Law!

Young Turks on Sarah Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe, purchased at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue out of campaign contributions by the Republican National Committee. And, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
13 Killed, 24 Wounded in Attack on Minister; More Christians Flee Mosul Sadrist Parliamentarians on Strike against Security Agreement

13 Killed, 24 Wounded in Attack on Minister; More Christians Flee Mosul Sadrist Parliamentarians on Strike against Security Agreement

A car bomber attacked a convoy he thought was conveying the Iraqi labor minister, Mahmoud al Radhi on Thursday, killing 13 persons and wounding 24, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Dabbagh Rejects Bush Pressure Tactics on Iraq; Al-Haeri Declares Security Agreement Illicit; Irrelevancy of Al-Qaeda on McCain

Dabbagh Rejects Bush Pressure Tactics on Iraq; Al-Haeri Declares Security Agreement Illicit; Irrelevancy of Al-Qaeda on McCain

Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh reacted sharply on Wednesday to comments of US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen last Tuesday […]

Juan Cole

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US Kills 9 Afghan Troops; Kabul Security Declines

US Kills 9 Afghan Troops; Kabul Security Declines

The US military accidentally killed 9 Afghan soldiers in an air strike on Wednesday, one in a series of mistaken such aerial attacks in recent […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement

Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement

The debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama about a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq may have just been overtaken by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
When did McCain become a Neocon? Shiite MPs demand SOFA Renegotiation

When did McCain become a Neocon? Shiite MPs demand SOFA Renegotiation

Jonathan Landay carefully traces John McCain’s transformation from pragmatist to Neoconservative warmonger, which took place while Bush was still just a Texas politician. He rather […]

Juan Cole

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Powell's Finest Moment

Powell’s Finest Moment

What is remarkable to me about Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press was its sincerity and the form of its reasoning. […]

Juan Cole

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Joe McCain: N. Virginia "Communist"; John McCain: Obama Socialist

Joe McCain: N. Virginia "Communist"; John McCain: Obama Socialist

Is McCain a far Right extremist? When McCain calls Obama a “socialist,” is he Red-baiting? Republicans back in the 1950s through the 1980s routinely accused […]

Juan Cole

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