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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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Bush Helps Hardliners Neoconservative Ahmadinejad in Lead The Iranian voting public put a hardliner and a conservative pragmatist into a run-off election with their ballots […]

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Fallujah Massacre Of Iraqi Troops With

Fallujah Massacre of Iraqi Troops, with 14 Dead On Friday in Fallujah, a suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Iraqi troops near the headquarters of […]

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First Round Of Irans Presidential

First Round of Iran’s Presidential Elections Inconclusive Turnout Stronger than Expected The Presidential elections in Iran produced a messy result that will require a run-off […]

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Mosque Attack Wounds 4 Us Raids

Mosque Attack Wounds 4 US Raids against al-Dhari, Muqtada Sibernews reports, ‘A car bomb has exploded close to a Shia mosque in eastern Baghdad as […]

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Zarqawi and the Scarlet Pimpernel WESTLEY: ‘ Well, Roberts had grown so rich, he wanted to retire. So he took me to his cabin and […]

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6 Us Servicemen Killed At Ramadi 10

6 US Servicemen Killed at Ramadi 10 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded Guerrillas near Ramadi detonated a roadside bomb on Wednesday as a Marine convoy went […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Compromise With Sunnis Over

Shiites Compromise with Sunnis over Constitution Drafting Committee al-Sharq al-Awsat and AFP Jawad Maliki, the deputy leader of the Da`wa Party led by Iraqi Prime […]

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Friedman And Imaginary Troops Tom

Friedman and Imaginary Troops Tom Friedman, writing in the New York Times, makes several policy decisions with regard to Iraq. The first is to stay […]

Juan Cole

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48 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Suicide

48 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Suicide Bombing in Khalis Targets Iraqi Troops Knight Ridder reports that a suicide bomber in an Iraqi army uniform detonated […]

Juan Cole

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