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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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About Half American Public Is

About Half American Public Is

About Half the American Public is Terminally Stupid A new poll shows that 51% of Americans believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when […]

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Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline near Karbala Blown Up Saboteurs have long prevented oil from being pumped from Kirkuk to Turkey through sabotage of the oil pipelines. But […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing at Kurdish Police Station Kills 13, Wounds Dozens Reuters now says that a suicide bomber killed himself and 13 policemen in an attack on […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al-Hakim to US: Stop Stalling on Elections AP reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), has […]

Juan Cole

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Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski on the Neoconservative Coup at the Pentagon The LA Weekly interviews Karen Kwiatkowsky, retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel, who watched the Neocon network […]

Juan Cole

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Prominent Sunni Cleric Assassinated

Prominent Sunni Cleric Assassinated

Prominent Sunni cleric Assassinated The Chicago Tribune reports on the assassination Saturday in the Western Baghdad quarter of Khadra of prominent Sunni cleric Shaikh Dhamir […]

Juan Cole

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Update On Americana In Arabic Project

Update On Americana In Arabic Project

Update on Americana in Arabic Project The project to translate key works of American thought, culture and history into Arabic and have them properly distributed […]

Juan Cole

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4 Us Soldiers Wounded Their Translator

4 Us Soldiers Wounded Their Translator

4 US soldiers Wounded, their Translator Killed According to Reuters, ”’Four US soldiers were wounded and their Iraqi translator was killed in a small arms […]

Juan Cole

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Four Members Of Karbalas Provincial

Four Members Of Karbalas Provincial

Four Members of Karbala’s Provincial Assembly Resign under Pressure from Sistani al-Hayat: Four members of Karbala’s American-appointed provincial council yielded to the demands that they […]

Juan Cole

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