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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants
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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants

Neil Thompson

Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

05/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

05/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Guerrillas In Cars Sprayed Machine Gun

Guerrillas In Cars Sprayed Machine Gun

*Guerrillas in cars sprayed machine gun fire at the headquarters of the Shiite al-Da`wa Party twice on Sunday. (Al-Zaman). No one was hurt. Four or […]

Juan Cole

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About 5000 Arab Demonstrators Rallied

About 5000 Arab Demonstrators Rallied

*About 5,000 Arab demonstrators rallied Saturday in Kirkuk, insisting that the US release Sheikh Hatam Al-Assy Al-Obeidi, a powerful tribal chieftain suspected in the sabotage […]

Juan Cole

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Ex Baathist Provocateurs Attempted To

Ex Baathist Provocateurs Attempted To

*Ex-Baathist provocateurs attempted to turn a peaceful demonstration by the unemployed in Basra into a violent riot on Saturday, but failed, according to al-Zaman. The […]

Juan Cole

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Officials In Northern City Of Mosul Pop

Officials In Northern City Of Mosul Pop

*Officials in the northern city of Mosul (pop. 1.7 million) are saying that they have struck a deal with Syria such that it will provide […]

Juan Cole

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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan

*Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan angrily demanded a clarification from Iraq and the US about whether Turkish troops are wanted as peace enforcers. The new […]

Juan Cole

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For Expert Look At Some Of Recent

For Expert Look At Some Of Recent

*For an expert look at some of the recent rather polemical books about Saudi Arabia, see long time Foreign Service Officer David Long’s review in […]

Juan Cole

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Us Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

Us Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

*US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld blamed the Iraqis for their own lack of security, since they are not doing enough to tell the US […]

Juan Cole

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My National Public Radio Interview On

My National Public Radio Interview On

My National Public Radio interview on All Things Considered for Saturday, September 6, 2003, about my correspondence with the late Lt. Kylan Jones-Huffman, is now […]

Juan Cole

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Two American Soldiers Were Wounded

Two American Soldiers Were Wounded

*Two American soldiers were wounded Wednesday at al-Anbar University in Ramadi by a suicide bomber. On Thursday, a British bomb-disposal expert was killed at Mosul […]

Juan Cole

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