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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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The Good Israelis Revered Israeli news anchor Haim Yavin has made a five-part documentary on the Israeli colonization of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza […]

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9 Dead In Crashes Jaafari Pledges Not

9 Dead in Crashes Jaafari Pledges not to Contravene Islamic Law A bomb wounded three on the road to the airport from Baghdad. The bombers […]

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31 Dead 108 Wounded In Hillah Blasts

31 Dead 108 Wounded In Hillah Blasts

31 Dead, 108 Wounded in Hillah Blasts Basra Insecure Suicide bombers in the Shiite city of Hillah about an hour’s drive south of Baghdad killed […]

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Iraqi Islamic Party Leader Released Us

Iraqi Islamic Party Leader Released Us

Iraqi Islamic Party Leader Released The US military has released Muhsin Abd al-Hamid, the leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party. The IIP runs the provincial […]

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30 Dead Dozens Wounded By Guerrillas

30 Dead Dozens Wounded By Guerrillas

30 Dead, Dozens Wounded by Guerrillas In Response to Operation Lightning Guerrillas in Baghdad fought determinedly against the 40,000 Iraqi soldiers fielded to crack down […]

Juan Cole

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No God But God Max Rodenbeck Makes Odd

No God But God Max Rodenbeck Makes Odd

No God But God Max Rodenbeck makes odd statements and basic errors in his review of Reza Aslan’s “No God but God” on the struggle […]

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43 Iraqis Dead In 2 Days Shiite

43 Iraqis Dead In 2 Days Shiite

43 Iraqis Dead in 2 Days Shiite Pilgrims Massacred Killings in Sinjar, Hilla Wire services report that the unconventional sectarian civil war in Iraq continued […]

Juan Cole

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Military Analysts Who Lived In

Military Analysts Who Lived In

Military Analysts Who Lived in Aluminum Fairy Land Rewarded Two Army analysts who mistakenly claimed that aluminum tubing bought by Iraq was for centrifuges to […]

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Muqtada All Factions Must Participate

Muqtada All Factions Must Participate

Muqtada: All Factions Must Participate in Constitution-Making The Herald Sun reports that late on Friday, ‘ “A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a […]

Juan Cole

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