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 […]
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Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I once heard Hillary Clinton give her AIPAC speech at a university. It doesn’t change much, […]
Obama in Historic Tour of Old Havana
TeleSur | – – Obama will spend two and half days in Cuba, where he will meet with U.S.-backed activists and attend a baseball game. […]
How Bush-Cheneyism made Mideast in its Image: Wars, WOT, With us or Against Us
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thirteen years after the illegal US invasion of Iraq, it is worth considering its full impact […]
The New Interventionists: It isn’t just the Yanquis any more
Mark Leonard | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – In the 1990s, after genocides in Rwanda and the Balkans, Western countries developed a doctrine […]
White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over ‘Inhumane Treatment’
AJ+ | – – “Anders Breivik’s trial over inhumane prison conditions just ended. His more serious complaints include 23-hour isolation, censorship and hundreds of strip […]
How Israel has trapped its Bedouins between a dump and red tape
By Jonah Mandel | ( Your Middle East ) | – – The almost unbearable stench of the dump fades for a moment when Musa […]
Syria: Russia Targets Daesh in Palmyra despite Drawdown
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the Russian announcement of a determination to withdraw the bulk of its air force from […]
Iranians Celebrate first Now Ruz (New Year’s) Since lifting of Int’l Sanctions
CCTV | (Video News Report) | – – “March 20 marks the Persian New Year, Nowruz, which translates as “New Day.” Millions of people across […]
‘Not Sharia’: Female Afghan Rap Star campaigns against Child Marriage
Jon Snow | (Channel 4 News Video Report) | – – “Sonita Alizadeh was just 10-years-old the first time her parents tried to sell her […]