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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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What Is Mission Or Russian Roulette

What Is Mission Or Russian Roulette

What is the Mission? Or, Russian Roulette Reuters reports:: ‘ BAGHDAD – The U.S. military said three of its soldiers were killed and two others […]

Juan Cole

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Tribalfundamentalist Violence

Tribalfundamentalist Violence

Tribal/Fundamentalist Violence Guerrillas Economically self-sustaining That a tribal group and Sunni fundamentalists clashed in al-Anbar is believeable. That the tribe lost 9 and “al-Qaeda” lost […]

Juan Cole

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Dozens Of Bodies Found Firefight At

Dozens Of Bodies Found Firefight At

Dozens of Bodies Found Firefight at Taji Dhari Urges Arabs to turn on Maliki Police found 17 bodies in Baghdad on Saturday. They found 21 […]

Juan Cole

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Peshmerga To Guard Mps Mashhadani Usg

Peshmerga To Guard Mps Mashhadani Usg

Peshmerga to Guard MPs: Mashhadani The USG Open Source Center translates this item from the Kurdistan press: ‘Iraqi Parliament To Entrust Kurdish Peshmerga With Guarding […]

Juan Cole

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Sunnis Set Afire Mosques Attacked

Sunnis Set Afire Mosques Attacked

Sunnis Set Afire, Mosques Attacked Nearly 100 Killed in Reprisals Muqtada Challenges Dhari The death toll in Thursday’s massive assault on Sadr City by Sunni […]

Juan Cole

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233 Dead In Civil War Carnage Health

233 Dead In Civil War Carnage Health

233 Dead in Civil War Carnage Health Ministry Besieged 3,000 Widows Created Each Month So as Thursday began, Sunni Arab guerrillas surrounded and attacked the […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Mass Slaugher In Baghdad

Breaking News Mass Slaugher In Baghdad

Breaking News: Mass Slaugher in Baghdad A string of car bombings in Sadr City and Kadhimiya (Shiite neighborhoods) wrought vast slaughter and destruction, leaving a […]

Juan Cole

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36 Killed In Iraqi Civil War Britain

36 Killed In Iraqi Civil War Britain

36 Killed in Iraqi Civil War Britain may Leave Iraq British troops could withdraw from Basra by this spring. It is widely felt that the […]

Juan Cole

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Revolutionary Guards Head Us Forces In

Revolutionary Guards Head Us Forces In

Revolutionary Guards Head: ‘US Forces in Middle East ‘Extremely’ Vulnerable The USG Open Source Center translates the following piece from Persian: ‘Iranian Guards Chief: US […]

Juan Cole

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