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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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What Went Wrong In Washington And Green

What Went Wrong In Washington And Green

What Went Wrong in Washington and the Green Zone Jeffrey Gettleman of the New York Times has two important articles today. Since he was almost […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah Bloodbath Threatens Us

Fallujah Bloodbath Threatens Us

Fallujah Bloodbath threatens US-Appointed Iraqi Government with Collapse AP reported that the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) issued a demand early on Saturday that the […]

Juan Cole

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Tension Remains High In Sadrist Areas

Tension Remains High In Sadrist Areas

Tension Remains High in Sadrist Areas Abdul Karim al-Muhammadawi, legendary leader of the Iraqi Hizbullah, which organized the Shiite Marsh Arabs to fight Saddam, has […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada To Bush Back Off Or Lose

Muqtada To Bush Back Off Or Lose

Muqtada to Bush: Back off or Lose the Election The Saudi London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Muqtada al-Sadr called Friday upon US President George […]

Juan Cole

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Fighting Rages In Fallujah Najaf

Fighting Rages In Fallujah Najaf

Fighting Rages in Fallujah, Najaf, Karbala; 6 US Troops Dead, Hundreds of Iraqis The US suffered 6 more combat deaths on Wednesday and Thursday. In […]

Juan Cole

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Situation In Najaf Kind Friend Who Was

Situation In Najaf Kind Friend Who Was

The Situation in Najaf A kind friend who was able to get a phone call into Najaf reports as follows: ‘ I called my friend […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Calls For End To Hostilities

Muqtada Calls For End To Hostilities

Muqtada Calls for an End to Hostilities Back to Iraq has posted a link to the text of a proclamation by Muqtada al-Sadr that calls […]

Juan Cole

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Patel On Muqtada Al Sadr David Patel

Patel On Muqtada Al Sadr David Patel

Patel on Muqtada al-Sadr David Patel writes from Iraq concerning the allegation that Muqtada is being “run” by the Iran-based cleric Kadhim al-Haeri: ‘ I […]

Juan Cole

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Gunbattles Rage In Many Iraqi Cities On

Gunbattles Rage In Many Iraqi Cities On

Gunbattles Rage in Many Iraqi Cities on Wednesday az-Zaman reports ongoing gunbattles in Ramadi and Fallujah between Sunni Arab forces and US marines. It also […]

Juan Cole

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