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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn
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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

Dan Steinbock

The macro effect is elevated inflation as energy prices are coupled with rising costs in transport, food and manufacturing

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

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Trumped!  The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

Trumped! The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

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New Sunni Fundamentalist Militia

New Sunni Fundamentalist Militia

New Sunni Fundamentalist Militia Announced; al-Kubeisi Exiled by US, will not Join other Sunnis The London daily al-Hayat reports that the “Clear Victory Movement,” a […]

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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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