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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

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Israel/ Palestine
Occupation forces from Israel disperse protests in Palestinian West Bank

Occupation forces from Israel disperse protests in Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Scores of demonstrators suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces dispersed weekly protests in […]

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GOP debate Civil?  Candidates urged torture, child-murder, backing bloody Dictatorships

GOP debate Civil? Candidates urged torture, child-murder, backing bloody Dictatorships

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The headlines Friday about the GOP debate in Miami stressed how relatively civil it was, with […]

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Bill of Rights
The FBI's outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple

The FBI’s outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple

By Andrew Crocker | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) | – – Last week, EFF filed a brief in support of Apple’s fight against the […]

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Turkey
Turkey's Gender Stereotyping made a Mockery of Women's Day

Turkey’s Gender Stereotyping made a Mockery of Women’s Day

By Ece Basay | ( Globalvoices.org ) | – – March 8 is marked as International Women’s Day in Turkey, and is typified as elsewhere […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Giant British security firm G4S to end Israeli business after BDS pressure

Giant British security firm G4S to end Israeli business after BDS pressure

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — British security giant G4S announced Wednesday plans to sell its Israeli businesses in the next 12 […]

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journalism
America's Groundhog Day in Afghanistan and Iraq: The Headlines just Recycle

America’s Groundhog Day in Afghanistan and Iraq: The Headlines just Recycle

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – With General John Campbell’s tour of duty in Afghanistan finished, a new commander has taken over.  Admittedly, […]

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Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn't 'Hate us'

Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Republican presidential candidate and billionaire bigot Donald J. Trump said in a CNN interview on Wednesday […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Why Isn't this News?  US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen

Why Isn’t this News? US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen

By Bill Hess | (Informed Comment) | – – The just-announced negotiations between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia may or may not lead to a […]

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Environment
Does Fracking give you Cancer?

Does Fracking give you Cancer?

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarming and world-shaking new findings have emerged about the dangers of waste water from hydraulic fracturing […]

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