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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?
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Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?

Juan Cole

Today’s increase was different, since the price skyrocketed fully 30% in one day, something that hasn’t happened for decades

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk

03/09/2026 By Tomdispatch

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

The War on Iran — and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

03/09/2026 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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What Does It Mean That Saddam Is P

What Does It Mean That Saddam Is P

What does it mean that Saddam is a P.O.W.? IGC Annoyed Just when you think you’ve got Rumsfeld figured out, he throws a spit ball […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer Opposes Kurdish Canton Talabani

Bremer Opposes Kurdish Canton Talabani

Bremer Opposes Kurdish Canton; Talabani insists on it In an interview with the London daily al-Hayat, US civil administrator of Iraq Paul Bremer has come […]

Juan Cole

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Situation In Basra David Patel Kindly

Situation In Basra David Patel Kindly

Situation in Basra David Patel kindly writes from Basra with more information about the situation there, some of it contradicting the report in ash-Sharq al-Awsat […]

Juan Cole

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Higher 2 Day Casualty Totals I Had

Higher 2 Day Casualty Totals I Had

Higher 2-day Casualty Totals I had written on Friday, “(More troops have been killed on a single day in the past, but 44 killed-and-wounded must […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney Coup Detat And Death Of Crassus

Cheney Coup Detat And Death Of Crassus

A Cheney Coup D’Etat? And the Death of Crassus in Iraq I knew that Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of […]

Juan Cole

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British Kill 6 Injure 11 In Amarah

British Kill 6 Injure 11 In Amarah

British Kill 6, Injure 11 in Amarah Unemployment Riots Crowds gathered in Amara Saturday to protest continued joblessness and also to indicate their displeasure with […]

Juan Cole

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Kurds Win On Loose Federalism In Igcs

Kurds Win On Loose Federalism In Igcs

Kurds win on Loose Federalism in IGC’s Fundamental Law Kurdish Interim Governing Council member Dara Nour Eddine announced that the IGC had agreed to put […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Wounds 37 Kills 5 At Shiite

Bombing Wounds 37 Kills 5 At Shiite

Bombing Wounds 37, Kills 5 at Shiite Mosque in Baqubah The WP reports that on Friday in the eastern city of Baqubah, guerrillas detonated a […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Igc Will Invite Un Election

Al Hakim Igc Will Invite Un Election

al-Hakim: IGC will Invite UN Election Commission to Iraq Abdul Aziz al-Hakim met Thursday with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf, and afterwards announced that […]

Juan Cole

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