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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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28 Killed 88 Wounded In Iraq On Sunday

28 Killed 88 Wounded In Iraq On Sunday

28 Killed, 88 Wounded in Iraq on Sunday Ash-Sharq al-Awsat estimates that bombings, drive-by shootings and other acts of guerrilla violence took 28 lives in […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Hardliners And Iraq Informal

Iranian Hardliners And Iraq Informal

Iranian Hardliners and Iraq Informal Irainian volunteers have come forward in the thousands for suicide bombings against the Americans in Iraq. They say, however,that they […]

Juan Cole

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Reagans Passing I Did Not Say Anything

Reagans Passing I Did Not Say Anything

Reagan’s Passing I did not say anything yesterday about Ronald Reagan’s death. The day a person dies he has a right to be left alone. […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Meets Muqtada Ceasefire Taking

Sistani Meets Muqtada Ceasefire Taking

Sistani Meets Muqtada; Ceasefire Taking Hold Fighting continued Saturday in East Baghdad. A roadside bomb killed two US soldiers and wounded two others. Mahdi Army […]

Juan Cole

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5 Us Troops Killed 5 Wounded New

5 Us Troops Killed 5 Wounded New

5 US Troops Killed, 5 wounded New Accord in Najaf Five US troops were killed and five wounded on Friday while patrolling near East Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Al Haeris Conditions Ash Sharq Al

Al Haeris Conditions Ash Sharq Al

Al-Haeri’s Conditions ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Old-time al-Da`wa leader in exile, Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, issued a statement Friday from Qom, Iran, on the caretaker government in Iraq. […]

Juan Cole

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Situation In Iraq Acutely Threatens

Situation In Iraq Acutely Threatens

The situation in Iraq acutely threatens Israeli security From Friday’s Daily Star By Juan Cole Friday, June 04, 2004 As the American public gradually wearies […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Leader Slams Caretaker Government

Iran Leader Slams Caretaker Government

Iran Leader Slams Caretaker Government in iraq Iran’s supreme jurisprudent, Ali Khamenei, spoke out Thursday against the new Iraqi government, saying that it was filled […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq As Failed State Fund For Peace

Iraq As Failed State Fund For Peace

Iraq as failed State The Fund for Peace has an important new study on Iraq that warns it has become a failed state. . Newsday […]

Juan Cole

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