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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Turks Threaten al-Assad if he sends Army to Defend Syrian Kurds

Turks Threaten al-Assad if he sends Army to Defend Syrian Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rumors swirled on Monday that the Democratic Union Party in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in […]

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Africa
Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For

Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For

By Ingrid LaFleur | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Before the film was released, the nation of Wakanda was taking shape in our minds. […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Church Shooting 'Nothing To Do With Islam,' Say Russian Muslim Leaders

Church Shooting ‘Nothing To Do With Islam,’ Say Russian Muslim Leaders

RFE/RL | – – The mainstream Muslim leadership in Russia’s Daghestan region has condemned an attack that killed five people outside a Russian Orthodox church, […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Is the Syria War over and has Putin won it?

Is the Syria War over and has Putin won it?

By Danny Makki | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The end game is clear: Assad, Russia and Iran will emerge victorious. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]

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Mass Shootings and Gang Murders have unrestricted Semi-Automatic Weapons in Common

Mass Shootings and Gang Murders have unrestricted Semi-Automatic Weapons in Common

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Can anything be done about the phenomenon of “mass shootings?” These killings have plagued the […]

Juan Cole

Pentagon
Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria

Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria

By Jeffrey D. Sachs | ( Project Syndicate) | – – America’s official narrative has sought to conceal the scale and calamitous consequences of US […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel isn't Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It

Israel isn’t Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It

Ramona Wadi (@walzerscent) | (The Middle East Monitor) | – – Israel remains the only UN member state which has never declared where its borders […]

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New Survey Finding: Trump Likely owed his 2016 victory to 'fake news'

New Survey Finding: Trump Likely owed his 2016 victory to ‘fake news’

Democratic defectors to Trump believed Hillary was ill or sold weapons to ISIS

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Despite Coal Lobby, Australia to Double Solar Energy in 2018

Despite Coal Lobby, Australia to Double Solar Energy in 2018

Already 1 in 5 Australian homes has solar panels

Juan Cole

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