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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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Turki Bremer Didnt Care About Torture

Turki Bremer Didnt Care About Torture

Turki: Bremer “Didn’t Care” about Torture Evidence: Sa’idi: American Democracy is Dead save for the Facade Abdul Basit Turki, Iraq’s first Minister of Human Rights, […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Abu Ghuraib No Comparison

Fallujah And Abu Ghuraib No Comparison

Fallujah and Abu Ghuraib: No Comparison There simply is no logical or ethical comparison between the killings and desecrations of the four private commandos at […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Gave Sensitive Information To

Chalabi Gave Sensitive Information To

Chalabi Gave Sensitive Information to Iran: Newsweek Mark Hosenball of Newsweek reports that US intelligence has intercepted telephone calls among high-ranking Iranian officials that prove […]

Juan Cole

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Al Dhari It Would Be Yet Another Piece

Al Dhari It Would Be Yet Another Piece

Al-Dhari: It would be Yet another Piece of Stupidity for the US to go after Muqtada; US Troops Raid Sadrist Conference in Hilla Harith Sulaiman […]

Juan Cole

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Abuse Allegations Are Big Deal Wp

Abuse Allegations Are Big Deal Wp

Abuse Allegations are ‘a Big Deal’: WP. Sewell Chan of the WP has an article today, “U.S. Official: Abuse Allegations Are ‘a Big Deal’ .” […]

Juan Cole

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Foreign Fighter Myth Exposed Jim Krane

Foreign Fighter Myth Exposed Jim Krane

“Foreign Fighter” Myth Exposed Jim Krane of AP is throwing cold water all over the repeated allegations of the Interim Governing Council that foreign fighters […]

Juan Cole

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Rant On Us News Coverage It Is

Rant On Us News Coverage It Is

Rant on US News Coverage It is remarkable how the US press allows themselves to be manipulated by the government. When the Abu Ghuraib story […]

Juan Cole

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Us Has Lost Battle Of Photographs My

Us Has Lost Battle Of Photographs My

The US has Lost the Battle of the Photographs My essay, “The U.S. Has Lost the Battle of the Photographs,” is up through Tuesday at […]

Juan Cole

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Interrogator Diary Bilmon Has Via

Interrogator Diary Bilmon Has Via

Interrogator Diary Bilmon has , via a reader, Bernhard, managed a real journalistic coup. He found a cached diary, kept at a rightwing radio station, […]

Juan Cole

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