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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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6 Us Troops Wounded Weds

6 Us Troops Wounded Weds

6 US troops wounded Weds.; Bomb blast in Baghdad Kills 8 Iraqis AP reported that on Wednesday, a bomb hidden in foliage outside a Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Top 5 Tasks Remaining In 2004 In War On

Top 5 Tasks Remaining In 2004 In War On

Top 5 Tasks Remaining in 2004 in the War on Terror US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld worried in a memo last fall that the […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer And Cpa Extremely Offended At

Bremer And Cpa Extremely Offended At

Bremer and CPA “Extremely Offended” at Call for UN Role A member of the Interim Governing Council, Mahmoud Osman, told al-Hayat newspaper that the Coalition […]

Juan Cole

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Ethnic Violence In Kurdistan Boils Over

Ethnic Violence In Kurdistan Boils Over

Ethnic Violence in Kurdistan Boils Over; 3 Dead on Thursday, 5 Dead on Wednesday On Thursday, Kirkuk Police Chief Turhan Yusuf said, “Unknown attackers stabbed […]

Juan Cole

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Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor In

Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor In

Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor in Plame Identity-Disclosure Scandal Attorney-General John Ashcroft recused himself Wednesday in the investigation of the Valerie Plame case, saying he will […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Massive Drug Petroleum Smuggling

Basra Massive Drug Petroleum Smuggling

Basra: Massive Drug, Petroleum smuggling; Christians, Musicians Harassed Because the southern Iraqi city of Basra (1.3 million) is under British military occupation rather than American, […]

Juan Cole

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More Iranians In Karbala Than Iraqis

More Iranians In Karbala Than Iraqis

More Iranians in Karbala than Iraqis? One finds these little gems in things like theCoalition Provisional Authority Briefing on Dec. 30, already on the Web. […]

Juan Cole

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Firefight With Ansar Al Islam In Mosul

Firefight With Ansar Al Islam In Mosul

Firefight with Ansar al-Islam in Mosul kills 3 US troops in Mosul fought with the Ansar al-Islam terrorist group in Mosul on Sunday, killing 3 […]

Juan Cole

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Corruption Concerns Delay Pentagon

Corruption Concerns Delay Pentagon

Corruption Concerns Delay Pentagon Reconstruction Projects in Iraq The Boston Globe reports that the Pentagon has canceled the process of giving out bids to reconstruct […]

Juan Cole

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