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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

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

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

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Riots Between Kurds And Turkmen And

Riots Between Kurds And Turkmen And

Riots between Kurds and Turkmen and Arabs in Kirkuk The 5 Kurdish members of the Interim Governing Council have called for Mosul and Diyala province […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Killed One Wounded Judge

3 Us Troops Killed One Wounded Judge

3 US Troops Killed, One Wounded; Judge, Police Killed in North Reuters reports Guerrillas near Samarra detonated a powerful roadside bomb at a passing US […]

Juan Cole

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Bomb Found In Home Of Al Hakim On

Bomb Found In Home Of Al Hakim On

Bomb Found in Home of al-Hakim On Monday, a bomb was found in the home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite cleric who is December’s […]

Juan Cole

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Nelson We Cannot Afford To Lose Peace

Nelson We Cannot Afford To Lose Peace

Nelson: We cannot Afford to Lose the Peace; Northern Ireland Analogy Fraser Nelson has written a long post mortem in The Scotsman on all the […]

Juan Cole

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2 Us Troops Killed In Baghdad 2 Wounded

2 Us Troops Killed In Baghdad 2 Wounded

2 US Troops Killed in Baghdad, 2 Wounded A roadside bomb killed two US troops in Baghdad, along with a civilian translator, and wounded two […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani On Elections In Interview With

Sistani On Elections In Interview With

Sistani on Elections In an interview with the Baghdad daily az-Zaman, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said that he expects his negotiations with […]

Juan Cole

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Rpg Attack In Mosul Injures 1 Sabotage

Rpg Attack In Mosul Injures 1 Sabotage

RPG attack in Mosul injures 1; Sabotage of Petroleum Facilities Michelle Faul reports that on Sunday, guerrillas in Mosul launched a rocket-propelled grenade at a […]

Juan Cole

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Wrangling Over Future Of Kurdistan

Wrangling Over Future Of Kurdistan

Wrangling over the Future of Kurdistan Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, a member of the Interim Governing Council, announced Sunday that the Kurds would not be […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim In Damascus Abdul Aziz Al

Al Hakim In Damascus Abdul Aziz Al

Al-Hakim in Damascus Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, president for December of the Interim Governing Council, visited Damascus and announced that he was seeking a security agreement […]

Juan Cole

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