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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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Deteriorating Security In Diyala From

Deteriorating Security In Diyala From

Deteriorating Security in Diyala From Reuters: reports on major violence in the ongoing Iraqi Civil War on Tuesday: ‘ BAGHDAD – A car bomb killed […]

Juan Cole

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Kabul Under Curfew After Anti Us Anti

Kabul Under Curfew After Anti Us Anti

Kabul under Curfew after Anti-US, anti-Karzai Riots 14 Dead, over 100 Wounded 50 Killed in US Airstrike “We have conducted a thorough assessment of our […]

Juan Cole

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60 Dead Including Us Major 2 British

60 Dead Including Us Major 2 British

60 Dead, including US Major, 2 British Soldiers, CBS Crew Parliamentary Delegation Planned to Basra The FCC will investigate the placing by the Bush administration […]

Juan Cole

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55 Dead In Civil War Member Of

55 Dead In Civil War Member Of

55 Dead in Civil War Member of Parliament wounded in Attack al-Zaman/ DPA: An aide of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called [Ar.] Sunday for the […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Cleans Up In Iraq Iran Is Perhaps

Iran Cleans Up In Iraq Iran Is Perhaps

Iran Cleans up in Iraq Iran is perhaps the only unambiguous winner in the new situation in Iraq, and its foreign minister was basking in […]

Juan Cole

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3 Gis Dead So Far 18200 Us Troops

3 Gis Dead So Far 18200 Us Troops

3 GIs Dead So Far, 18,200 US Troops Wounded in Iraq See Nir Rosen’s important article, “Iraq is the Republic of Fear” in WaPo today. […]

Juan Cole

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Italians To Pull Out Nearly Half Of

Italians To Pull Out Nearly Half Of

Italians to Pull Out nearly Half of Troops in June Sectarian struggle among Tribes at Suwayra Congrats to Mariam Karouny for an excellent story on […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush And Blair News

Arguing with Bush and Blair The news conference of Bush and Blair on Thursday evening was unexpectedly dominated by Iraq. I’m going to just pull […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqs My Lai Friday Morning Guerrillas

Iraqs My Lai Friday Morning Guerrillas

Iraq’s My Lai Friday morning, guerrillas used a car bomb to kill at least 9 persons [later reports say 9] at an East Baghdad market, […]

Juan Cole

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