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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?
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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?

Juan Cole

Today’s increase was different, since the price skyrocketed fully 30% in one day, something that hasn’t happened for decades

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

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The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

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Alexandrovna Guest Op Ed Saddams

Alexandrovna Guest Op Ed Saddams

Alexandrovna Guest Op-Ed: Saddam’s Execution and the Campaign Against Iran Saddam’s Execution is about Iran Larisa Alexandrovna ‘PROLOGUE: When someone does something obviously egregious, we […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 5 Gis Security Alert

Guerrillas Kill 5 Gis Security Alert

Guerrillas Kill 5 GIs Security Alert over Saddam Sentence Al-Aamiri killing Roils Shiite Politics The US military announced that Iraqi guerrillas killed 5 GIs on […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Demonstrate In Najaf Sunnis

Thousands Demonstrate In Najaf Sunnis

Thousands Demonstrate in Najaf; Sunnis Clash with Gov’t in Baghdad over Saddam Sentence; Ford blasts W., Cheney on Iraq Iraqi guerrillas killed three US GIs […]

Juan Cole

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Polk Guest Editorial Pros And Cons Of

Polk Guest Editorial Pros And Cons Of

Polk Guest Editorial: Pros and Cons of ISG The Baker-Hamilton Study: Pluses and Minuses William R. Polk ‘In recent days, as you know, there has […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 7 Gis Blow Up 52

Guerrillas Kill 7 Gis Blow Up 52

Guerrillas Kill 7 GIs, blow up 52 Iraqis AFP rounds up the violence in Iraq on Tuesday. 7 more US GIs were killed, and bombings […]

Juan Cole

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Ford And Foreign Policy Snapshots From

Ford And Foreign Policy Snapshots From

Ford and Foreign Policy: Snapshots from the 1970s Former President Gerald Ford has died at 93. A Wolverine star of the early 1930s at the […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Myths About Iraq 2006 1

Top Ten Myths About Iraq 2006 1

Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006 1. Myth number one is that the United States “can still win” in Iraq. Of course, the truth of […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Militias And Iran In Iraq

Shiite Militias And Iran In Iraq

Shiite Militias and Iran in Iraq Another US soldier was killed on Christmas Day, bringing the number of GIs killed in Iraq to one more […]

Juan Cole

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Christmas In Middle East Silent Night

Christmas In Middle East Silent Night

Christmas in the Middle East Silent night, Al-Zaman reports that “The Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad appeared almost deserted on Christmas Eve. Christian […]

Juan Cole

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