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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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Us Arrests Kurdish Official But

Us Arrests Kurdish Official But

US arrests Kurdish official but Acquiesces in Continued Kurdish Semi-Autonomy On the one hand, US troops have moved decisively to arrest a high official of […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Ward Leader Assassinated Labor

Basra Ward Leader Assassinated Labor

Basra: Ward Leader Assassinated; Labor Riot against al-Khorafi Construction Co. The British-appointed leader of one of Basra’s city quarters, an attorney, was assassinated over the […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Soldiers Killed Friday 3 Wounded

3 Us Soldiers Killed Friday 3 Wounded

3 US soldiers killed Friday, 3 wounded AFP reports that guerrillas in Balad (45 miles north of Baghdad) fired a mortar shell at the US […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Mi5 In Works Funded At 3 Bn

Iraqi Mi5 In Works Funded At 3 Bn

Iraqi MI5 in the Works, funded at $3 bn According to the Telegraph Dick Cheney has managed to put through a plan to have the […]

Juan Cole

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Kurdish Ethnic Conflict Leaves 6

Kurdish Ethnic Conflict Leaves 6

Kurdish Ethnic Conflict leaves 6 Wounded; Curfew imposed by US Six persons were injured on Saturday in ethnic violence in Kirkuk, and US troops imposed […]

Juan Cole

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Responses To Top Five Tasks In War On

Responses To Top Five Tasks In War On

Responses to ‘Top Five Tasks in War on Terror for 2004’ On Jan. 2, I presented “Top 5 Tasks Remaining in 2004 in the War […]

Juan Cole

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Mars Rover Spirit Lands Safely Nasa

Mars Rover Spirit Lands Safely Nasa

Mars Rover “Spirit” Lands Safely!! NASA announced around 1 am Sunday 1/4 that the Mars Rover, Spirit, had landed safely on the surface and sent […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed 4 Wounded Us

1 Us Soldier Killed 4 Wounded Us

1 US soldier Killed, 4 wounded A US helicopter was shot down on Friday, killing one US soldier and wounding another. There are confusing reports […]

Juan Cole

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Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There Was

Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There Was

Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There was a large (1000 to 1500 strong) demonstration in the Yarmouk quarter of Baghdad against a US raid on two […]

Juan Cole

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