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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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Stand Down In Fallujah Us Abruptly

Stand-Down in Fallujah The US abruptly decided Thursday not to press the Marine assault on Fallujah. Instead, it is forming a 1000-man Iraqi unit to […]

Juan Cole

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Haeri Criticizes Muqtada Ayatollah

Haeri Criticizes Muqtada Ayatollah

Haeri Criticizes Muqtada Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, now in Qom, Iran, criticized Muqtada al-Sadr, according to AFP/ash-Sharq al-Awsat. Technically, Muqtada is under the authority of al-Haeri, […]

Juan Cole

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Usa Today Poll 57 Of Iraqis Say Us Out

Usa Today Poll 57 Of Iraqis Say Us Out

USA Today Poll: 57% of Iraqis say ‘US Out Now’ From March 22 to April 2, 60 trained Iraqi pollsters interviewed 3,444 randomly selected Iraqis […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Najaf Al Hayat Reports

Fallujah And Najaf Al Hayat Reports

Fallujah and Najaf al-Hayat reports that the Interim Governing Council continues to attempt to negotiate a settlement at Fallujah between guerrillas and the US Marines. […]

Juan Cole

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New Executive Of Technocrats Being

New Executive Of Technocrats Being

New Executive of Technocrats being Readied for Iraq Az-Zaman reports that American sources told it yesterday that influential quarters in the Central Intelligence Agency are […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Corruption At Pentagon Allegations

Iraq Corruption At Pentagon Allegations

Iraq Corruption at Pentagon Allegations of corruption have been raised against a Pentagon figure. He is said to have pressured the Coalition Provisional Authority to […]

Juan Cole

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Brahimi Plan Controversial Lakhdar

Brahimi Plan Controversial Lakhdar

Brahimi Plan Controversial Lakhdar Brahimi spoke further on Tuesday about his ideal plan for a caretaker government in the period June 30 – January 31, […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada And Fighters Defiant In Najaf

Muqtada And Fighters Defiant In Najaf

Muqtada and Fighters Defiant in Najaf Luke Harding of the Guardian managed to get to Kufa after the big battle there. He writes: ‘ These […]

Juan Cole

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Ac 130s At Fallujah And Najaf 64

Ac 130s At Fallujah And Najaf 64

AC-130s at Fallujah and Najaf (64 Sadrists Killed) I made the mistake of turning on the television in the middle of the day and was […]

Juan Cole

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