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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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Arab Americans

Facing Down Anti-Muslim Bigotry Through Faith in America

David Schanzer | (ISLAMiCommentary) – Address to Islamic Association of Raleigh (NC) David Schanzer As-salamu alaykum. Thank you so much for the invitation to address […]

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al-Qaeda
Will Terrorist attack on Tunisia Museum-goers Test Gov't's Commitment to Rights?

Will Terrorist attack on Tunisia Museum-goers Test Gov’t’s Commitment to Rights?

Human Rights Watch | (Tunis) The despicable attack in the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, 2015, killing at least 19 foreign tourists and Tunisians, […]

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Democracy
The Palestinian-Israelis' Selma Moment?

The Palestinian-Israelis’ Selma Moment?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Ayman Odah, leader of the Joint Arab List, the party representing Palestinian-Israelis and elements of the Israeli left, responded […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
The Impotence of the Big Dick strain of American Nationalism

The Impotence of the Big Dick strain of American Nationalism

By Nan Levinson | (Tomdispatch.com) Let’s face it: we live in a state of pervasive national security anxiety. There are various possible responses to this […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
United Nations: 100,000 Gazans Still Homeless Since Summer Attack

United Nations: 100,000 Gazans Still Homeless Since Summer Attack

By IMEMC News & Agencies | – The official UN death-toll for the 2014 war shows that 1,549 Palestinian civilians were killed in comparison to […]

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al-Qaeda
Syria:  Signs of Popular Backlash Against al-Qaeda

Syria: Signs of Popular Backlash Against al-Qaeda

By Robert S. Ford and Tony Ghazal Mouawad | (Informed Comment) As the Syrian civil war drags into its fifth year, the al-Qai’da linked Nusra […]

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Apartheid
Apartheid Forever:  Israel's Netanyahu rules out Palestinian Citizenship Rights

Apartheid Forever: Israel’s Netanyahu rules out Palestinian Citizenship Rights

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, under extreme pressure over the real possibility that he will lose the March 17 […]

Juan Cole

Health
Worst than ISIL: Iraq's US-caused Public Health Catastrophe

Worst than ISIL: Iraq’s US-caused Public Health Catastrophe

By Mozhgan Savabieasfahani | (Informed Comment) The Iraqi people, once the envy of the Arab world for their outstanding educational and health-care systems, have been […]

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Apartheid
Palestine:  2014 sees Record number of Journalists Targeted

Palestine: 2014 sees Record number of Journalists Targeted

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) said Sunday that 2014 saw 465 violations of media freedoms in the occupied […]

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