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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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Retired Generals Besiege Rumsfeld

Retired Generals Besiege Rumsfeld Retired Major General John Batiste said Friday of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, “We went to war with a flawed plan […]

Juan Cole

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65000 Displaced In Iraq 52 Killed And

65000 Displaced In Iraq 52 Killed And

65,000 Displaced in Iraq 52 Killed and Another Shiite Shrine Blown Up Major violence in Iraq on Thursday: *Guerrillas set off three bombs in Baqubah, […]

Juan Cole

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Kiriyenko Irans Method Unfeasible For

Kiriyenko Irans Method Unfeasible For

Kiriyenko: Iran’s Method “Unfeasible” for Fissionable Material Here is what a nuclear official who has no interest in getting up a war on Iran says […]

Juan Cole

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65 Killed Including At Shiite Mosque

65 Killed Including At Shiite Mosque

65 Killed, including at a Shiite Mosque Pachachi calls Parliament A car bomb killed 30 and wounded 70 near a Shiite mosque in Huwaidir, near […]

Juan Cole

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Poll Bush Cant Be Trusted On Iran Good

Poll Bush Cant Be Trusted On Iran Good

Poll: Bush Can’t be Trusted on Iran The good news is that a majority of Americans does not trust George W. Bush to deal with […]

Juan Cole

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Top Reasons You Wouldnt Want Mobile

Top Reasons You Wouldnt Want Mobile

Top Reasons You Wouldn’t Want a Mobile Biological Weapons Lab Not only did Bush and Cheney and Libby tell bare-faced lies about the alleged “mobile […]

Juan Cole

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50 Dead In Violence Jaafari Refuses To

50 Dead In Violence Jaafari Refuses To

50 Dead in Violence Jaafari Refuses to Step Down Robert H. Reid of AP reports on deaths in Iraq on Tuesday: * The US announced […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Can Now Make Glowing Mickey Mouse

Iran Can Now Make Glowing Mickey Mouse

Iran Can Now Make glowing Mickey Mouse Watches Despite all the sloppy and inaccurate headlines about Iran “going nuclear,” the fact is that all President […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Killed Muqtada Al Sadrs

3 Us Troops Killed Muqtada Al Sadrs

3 US troops Killed; Muqtada al-Sadr’s Bloc backs alternative to Jaafari The Pentagon announced Monday that 3 US soldiers had been killed. Sunni Arab leaders […]

Juan Cole

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