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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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Saturday Reading Reuters Reports Civil

Major Bridge in Kurdistan Destroyed Guerrillas Kill 4 US Troops Amiriya Clashes The US military death toll in Iraq for May was actually 127. On […]

Juan Cole

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70 Dead In Attacks Bombing In Fallujah

70 Dead In Attacks Bombing In Fallujah

70 Dead in Attacks; Bombing in Fallujah; Sadrists Warn US Military on Diwaniya; US Seeks Dialogue with Sadrists 122 US troops died in Iraq in […]

Juan Cole

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On False Analogy Between Iraq And South

On False Analogy Between Iraq And South

On the False Analogy Between Iraq and South Korea Bush is now talking about a “South Korea” model for Iraq. He likely got this nonsense […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Deny Us Bases

Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Deny Us Bases

Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Deny US Bases to be Opened in Kurdistan Region The USG Open Source Center translates the following newspaper article from Kurdish: ‘ […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Ambush Kill 10 Us Gis As

Guerrillas Ambush Kill 10 Us Gis As

Guerrillas Ambush, Kill 10 US GIs Over 100 Iraqis Killed or Found Dead Muqtada condemns Iran for Talking to US As best I can piece […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Heroes And Culture Wars My

Cole on “Heroes” and the Culture Wars My column at Salon.com this week is on the television phenomenon “Heroes”. [Spoiler alert: for anyone who hasn’t […]

Juan Cole

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First Formal Us Iran Talks Since 1980_29

First Formal US-Iran Talks since 1980 The US has dealt differently with Iran than with any other of its major enemies. Then President Ronald Reagan […]

Juan Cole

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24 Killed90 Wounded Qadiriya Shrine

24 Killed90 Wounded Qadiriya Shrine

24 Killed,90 wounded; Qadiriya Shrine Damaged in Blast Reuters reports that 33 bodies were found in the streets of Baghdad on Monday. Karrada took mortar […]

Juan Cole

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Embassy Memo Flap And Decline Of Right

Embassy Memo Flap And Decline Of Right

Embassy Memo Flap and the Decline of the Right Blogosphere Glenn Greenwald and Iraqslogger on that memo about food shortages at the US embassy in […]

Juan Cole

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