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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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British General Blasts Us Military On

British General Blasts US Military on Iraq Counter-Insurgency Brigadier Nigel Aylwin-Foster has a trenchant critique of the US military’s failures at counter-insurgency and doing ordinary […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Warns Sunni Arabs On Changes

Al Hakim Warns Sunni Arabs On Changes

Al-Hakim warns Sunni Arabs on Changes to Constitution Shiite clerical leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim on Wednesday warned Sunni Arabs not to attempt to make substantive […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Blogger Sheridan On Dubai

Guest Blogger Sheridan On Dubai

Guest Blogger: Sheridan on Dubai Between Oil and Consumerism Irish blogger Gavin Sheridan was moved by the recent death of Dubai emir Sheikh Maktoum to […]

Juan Cole

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20 Arrested In Spain Spanish Police

20 Arrested in Spain Spanish police broke up three recruiting cells for Iraq volunteer fighters in Spain, arresting 20 persons. The cells had connections to […]

Juan Cole

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Great Justices Installed By Bush As

Great Justices Installed By Bush As

Great Justices Installed by Bush As the Alito confirmation hearings begin, it is worth considering some of the judicial consquences of George W. Bush’s various […]

Juan Cole

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29 Dead 25 Wounded In Interior

29 Dead, 25 Wounded in Interior Ministry Bombing Two guerrillas with suicide bomb belts attacked the Ministry of the Interior in Baghdad on Monday during […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Who Came In From Cold Al

Guerrillas Who Came In From Cold Al

The Guerrillas who Came in from the Cold Al-Hayat [Ar.]: Sources close to the guerrilla groups in Iraq told the pan-Arab, Saudi-backed London daily, al-Hayat […]

Juan Cole

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17 Us Troops Killed In Iraq Baghdad

17 US Troops Killed in Iraq: Baghdad Fuel Blockade and Possibility of “All Out Civil War;” US Troops Storm Sunni Mosque A US military Blackhawk […]

Juan Cole

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Kurdistan Government Unifies Two Major

Kurdistan Government Unifies Two Major

Kurdistan Government Unifies The two major Kurdish parties fought a major war with one another 1994-1997, during which Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party […]

Juan Cole

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