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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

03/09/2026 By Tomdispatch

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

03/09/2026 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Annan Condemns Us Assault On Fallujah

Annan Condemns Us Assault On Fallujah

Annan Condemns US Assault on Fallujah It seems to me that Kofi Annan’s letter attempting to forestall a US levelling of Fallujah puts the Allawi […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qubanji Give Us Indepencence Afp

Al Qubanji Give Us Indepencence Afp

Al-Qubanji: Give us Indepencence AFP/ Ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Sadr al-Din al-Qubanji, a Friday prayers leader in Najaf, called on Persident George W. Bush on Friday to […]

Juan Cole

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Levine Guest Editorial Were All

Levine Guest Editorial Were All

Levine Guest Editorial: “We’re all Israelis Now.” We’re all Israelis Now By Mark LeVine, History, University of California, Irvine Author of Why they Don’t Hate […]

Juan Cole

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Meet Bubba Readers Argued With Me

Meet Bubba Readers Argued With Me

Meet Bubba Readers argued with me about this during the Democratic primary, but I maintained then that I thought it would be very difficult for […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed Guerrillas

1 Us Soldier Killed Guerrillas

1 US Soldier Killed Guerrillas employed a roadside bomb to kill a US soldier near Salman Pak on Wednesday, and wounded one other. Ash-Sharq al-Awsat […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Allawis Fate Tom Lasseter

Fallujah And Allawis Fate Tom Lasseter

Fallujah and Allawi’s Fate Tom Lasseter of Knight Ridder reviews the pros and cons of the coming US attack on Fallujah for caretaker Prime Minister […]

Juan Cole

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More On Lancet Stephen Soldz Has More

More On Lancet Stephen Soldz Has More

More on Lancet Stephen Soldz has more on why the Lancet article estimating 100,000 excess Iraqi deaths since the beginning of the war cannot lightly […]

Juan Cole

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Mosul Car Bomb Ams Pledges Civil

Mosul Car Bomb Ams Pledges Civil

Mosul Car Bomb AMS PLedges Civil Disobedience Campaign Wire services report that guerrillas tried to use a car bomb to assassinate an Iraqi general in […]

Juan Cole

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Who Needs Sleep Cnn Is Calling

Who Needs Sleep Cnn Is Calling

Who Needs Sleep? CNN is calling Michigan, Minnesota and Hawaii for Kerry. The total is 249 Bush, 242 Kerry at 2:35 am. Kerry may well […]

Juan Cole

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