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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Television Images Winning Media War Al

Television Images Winning Media War Al

Television images Winning the Media War al-Hayat alleges that a Parisian television channel aired new footage Tuesday night from Iraq of American troops who fire […]

Juan Cole

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Army Of Mahdi Attacks Us Base Near

Army Of Mahdi Attacks Us Base Near

Army of the Mahdi attacks US Base near Najaf The Shiite Army of the Mahdi launched twenty mortar shells against the US base near Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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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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