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Archives for April 2012

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US Embargo of Iran’s Oil Could Lead to Covert Ops, War (Cole @TheAlyonaShow)

US Embargo of Iran’s Oil Could Lead to Covert Ops, War (Cole @TheAlyonaShow)

Juan Cole

Here is my interview on the Alyona Show, RT, regarding the current US and European financial embargo on the sale of Iranian petroleum.

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How Pakistan Gouges US on Afghan War Expense (Hiro)

Juan Cole

Dilip Hiro writes at Tomdispatch.com Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War By Dilip Hiro The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a terrorist attack in a […]

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Top Five Green Energy Stories Today

Juan Cole

5. France has decided to build 2 gigawatts worth of wind turbines offshore, as its nuclear plants age and updating them or replacing them becomes expensive and unpopular. France gets roughly 80% of its electricity from nuclear plants. It is the 20% coming from hydrocarbons that desperately needs to be replaced by sources such as […]

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Romney:  Poor Women with 2 year olds “Need to go to work” (Hayes)

Romney: Poor Women with 2 year olds “Need to go to work” (Hayes)

Juan Cole

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes busts Mitt Romney on his faux outrage that stay at home moms should be said to be “not working.” In fact, apparently it is only rich mothers who are working while their nannies raise the children. Poor women? They are being spoiled by welfare, he alleges, that allows them to stay home […]

Israel/ Palestine
Danish Ambassador Asks Israel for Explanation of Assault on Peace Activist (Video)

Danish Ambassador Asks Israel for Explanation of Assault on Peace Activist (Video)

Juan Cole

A group of European peace activists bicycling near Jericho in the Palestinian West Bank were stopped by Israeli occupation forces, and Lt Col Shalom Eisner, deputy commander of the Jordan Valley territorial brigade, abruptly slammed his rifle into the face of Danish activist Andreas Ias. A video of the event has emerged which makes it […]

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (118)

Juan Cole

The gentle breeze seems to have brought  your distant fragrance to my heart; it just abandoned me and went out looking high and low for you. And now it has forgotten  all about me. My heart has taken on your scent,  and your habits too. Translated by Juan Cole from [pdf] Whinfield 118

Afghanistan
It’s Springtime in Kabul for the Taliban

It’s Springtime in Kabul for the Taliban

Juan Cole

The Taliban kicked off their spring offensive with numerous coordinated attacks in the capital of Kabul and well as in some provinces. Aljazeera English has video: This sort of tactic makes a lot of noise, but typically has no practical benefit for a guerrilla movement. The Sunni Arab Islamic State of Iraq has been blowing […]

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Iran’s Forbidden Nukes and the Taqiya Lie

Juan Cole

The Iranian and Chinese teams at the negotiations in Istanbul this weekend between the UN Security Council plus Germany on the one hand, and Iran on the other, are leaking that the meetings were felt productive and that the group will reconvene in Baghdad on May 23. The price of petroleum fell in Asian markets […]

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What the Laws of War Allow (Madar)

Juan Cole

Chase Madar writes at Tomdispatch.com What the Laws of War Allow Do the WikiLeaks War Logs Reveal War Crimes — Or the Poverty of International Law? By Chase Madar Anyone who would like to witness a vivid example of modern warfare that adheres to the laws of war — that corpus of regulations developed painstakingly […]

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