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Could China’s EVs be the Real Winner of Trump’s Oil War in Iran and the Gulf?
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Could China’s EVs be the Real Winner of Trump’s Oil War in Iran and the Gulf?

Juan Cole

The IRGC announced that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, and there are reports of British and other vessels turning around

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Parliament Bomber was Probably Bodyguard; Turkey Threatens to Invade Iraq; Wolfowitz Promotes Girlfriend The bombing of the cafeteria in the Iraqi parliament on Thursday was […]

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Breaking News Iraqi Parliament

Breaking News: Iraqi Parliament Cafeteria Bombed A suicide bomber wearing a bomb vest managed to get into a cafeteria in the parliament building in the […]

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Thursday Morning In Baghdad Truck Bomb

Bridge Damaged, 9 dead in Truck Bombing; Sadrists, Sunni Accord Front threaten withdrawal from Iraqi Government; Dodd, Obama Critique McCain Thursday morning in Baghdad, a […]

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Caf Letter On Finkelstein Case

CAF Letter on the Finkelstein Case Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association, Letter on the Finkelstein Case: 10 April 2007 The Rev. Dennis […]

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3 US Troops Killed, 16 Wounded 19 Iraqis Dead, 33 Wounded in Muqdadiya Bombing The wire services reported at least 55 killed in political violence […]

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White And Carapico Re Cole How To Get

White and Carapico re: Cole, “How to Get out of Iraq” My piece in The Nation on “How to Get out of Iraq” is generating […]

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Tens Of Thousands In Najaf Demand Us

Tens of Thousands in Najaf Demand US Departure from Iraq Tens of thousands of followers of young Shiite nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rallied in the […]

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Turkish Iraqi Kurdish Crisis Over

Turkish/ Iraqi Kurdish Crisis over Barzani Comments All hell has broken loose rhetorically between the politicians in Turkey and those in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkish Prime […]

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My Column John Mccains Iraq Problem Is

Cole in Salon: McCain’s Iraq Problem My column , “John McCain’s Iraq Problem,” is now available at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ On Sunday, April 8, Sen. […]

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