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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy
Donald Trump

Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy

Juan Cole

Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

03/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

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Real Independence: In 2014, Scotland used more Renewable Energy than Nuclear, Coal or Gas

Real Independence: In 2014, Scotland used more Renewable Energy than Nuclear, Coal or Gas

By Juan Cole Edie.net reports that in November, wind energy alone produced more than enough electricity for every home in Scotland. Over all in 2013, […]

Juan Cole

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GOP Squirms at Release of CIA Torture Report, warns of “Violence” (So why did they Torture?)

GOP Squirms at Release of CIA Torture Report, warns of “Violence” (So why did they Torture?)

By Juan Cole | — Outgoing House Intelligence Committee head Mike Rogers (R-MI) was on Candy Crowley’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, speaking against […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Change:  The last Time California had a Drought this bad Charlemagne Ruled Europe

Climate Change: The last Time California had a Drought this bad Charlemagne Ruled Europe

By Nadia Prupis | (Commondreams.org) Scientists warn that prolonged, historic droughts may recur in the future The California drought is the worst its been in […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Forces arrest 8-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem (They arrest 2 Children a day on Average)

Israeli Forces arrest 8-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem (They arrest 2 Children a day on Average)

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli special forces last Wednesday detained an eight-year-old Palestinian in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, a local information center said. Majdi […]

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Economy
Russell Brand v. Press Lord Rupert Murdoch:  Who won?

Russell Brand v. Press Lord Rupert Murdoch: Who won?

AJ+ | — “The British twitterati is in a tizzy over a brawl between Russell Brand and Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun. The “manarchist” comedian has […]

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Apartheid
Nowhere to Run: Broken Homes and Broken Lives in Gaza

Nowhere to Run: Broken Homes and Broken Lives in Gaza

By Jen Marlowe | (Tomdispatch.com) Rubble. That’s been the one constant for the Awajah family for as long as I’ve known them. Four months ago, […]

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Over 100 ISIL/Daesh Fighters Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq; Attack on Syria Base Repelled

Over 100 ISIL/Daesh Fighters Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq; Attack on Syria Base Repelled

By Juan Cole | — The US war on Daesh (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria takes up less and less space in the MSM. The […]

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African-Americans
Pundits Blame Eric Garner For His Own Death (TYT Medley of Shame)

Pundits Blame Eric Garner For His Own Death (TYT Medley of Shame)

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks | — “The death of Staten Island man Eric Garner after New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Squatters chop down 50 Olive Trees in Palestinian Village (800,000 since 1967)

Israeli Squatters chop down 50 Olive Trees in Palestinian Village (800,000 since 1967)

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Settlers cut down over 50 olive trees in the Nablus village of Aqraba on Friday, Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas said. Settlers from […]

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