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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

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

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

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Qaradawi Calls For Attacks On

Qaradawi Calls For Attacks On

Qaradawi Calls for Attacks on Americans in Iraq Shaikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an old time Muslim Brotherhood cleric resident in Qatar, has called for Muslims to […]

Juan Cole

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7 Dead In Latifiyah Iraqi National

7 Dead In Latifiyah Iraqi National

7 Dead in Latifiyah Iraqi National Guards headed south to Latifiyah to combat militants there in the wake of the attempted assassination near there of […]

Juan Cole

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Ivins Us Losses Up From Last Year

Ivins Us Losses Up From Last Year

Ivins: US Losses up from Last Year Molly Ivins’s column today is all the refutation necessary to Dick Cheney’s strangely diffident speech Wednesday night. She […]

Juan Cole

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Chatham House Iraq From Bad To Worse

Chatham House Iraq From Bad To Worse

Chatham House: Iraq from Bad to Worse Chatham House, formerly the Royal Institute for International Affairs, has issued a highly pessimistic report (in pdf format) […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Survives Assassination Attempt

Chalabi Survives Assassination Attempt

Chalabi Survives Assassination Attempt Sadr Aide Assassinated Ahmad Chalabi’s convoy came under fire as he was returning to Baghdad from Najaf. Two of his bodyguards […]

Juan Cole

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Spy Scandals Roots Are Deep Jim Lobe

Spy Scandals Roots Are Deep Jim Lobe

Spy Scandal’s Roots are Deep Jim Lobe argues that the FBI investigation that caught up Pentagon Iran expert Lawrence Franklin is much wider than initially […]

Juan Cole

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Charles Smith On Bush And Sharon Guest

Charles Smith On Bush And Sharon Guest

Charles Smith on Bush and Sharon Guest Editorial By Charles Smith: “Bait and Switch: Ariel Sharon, the Bush Administration, and the West Bank” Much attention […]

Juan Cole

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Us Warplanes Hit Samarra Kirkuk

Us Warplanes Hit Samarra Kirkuk

US Warplanes Hit Samarra Kirkuk Official Assassinated Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that US war planes bombed two civilian vehicles in Samarra on Tuesday, killing two women […]

Juan Cole

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Harold Rhode And Bernard Lewis Classic

Harold Rhode And Bernard Lewis Classic

Harold Rhode and Bernard Lewis The classic expose of Pentagon operator Harold Rhode was written by Bob Dreyfuss and Jason Vest last January, and aptly […]

Juan Cole

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