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

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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Domestic Surveillance
Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum:  All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador

Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum: All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador

Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who won a third term this year, has significantly improved the lives of his people, reducing poverty rates and building out […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Top Ten American Steps toward a Police State

Top Ten American Steps toward a Police State

The police state, a term first coined in the mid-19th century in German (Polizeistaat), is characterized by a standing political police, by intense domestic surveillance […]

Juan Cole

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Arab Idol Winner performs "I want it that Way"

Arab Idol Winner performs “I want it that Way”

The just-announced winner of Arab Idol 2013, Muhammad Assaf of Gaza, performs a cover of the Back Street Boys’ 1999 “I want it that Way.” […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Obama’s New Syria Strategy is Nixon’s Vietnam Negotiation Tactics Redux  (Meyer)

Obama’s New Syria Strategy is Nixon’s Vietnam Negotiation Tactics Redux (Meyer)

Carlyn Meyer writes in a guest column for Informed Comment For better or worse, Obama came of age well after the Vietnam war. Had he […]

Juan Cole

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So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage?  His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

So When will Dick Cheney be charged with Espionage? His Crime was the Same as Snowden’s

The US government charged Edward Snowden with theft of government property and espionage on Friday. Snowden hasn’t to our knowledge committed treason in any ordinary […]

Juan Cole

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Snowden was Right, they’re Reading your Mail:  How British Intelligence and the NSA are Tag-Teaming US

Snowden was Right, they’re Reading your Mail: How British Intelligence and the NSA are Tag-Teaming US

When President Barack Obama said ‘no one is listening to your phone calls,’ he was either misinformed or was being disingenuous. The British are at […]

Juan Cole

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Jon Stewart with Bassem Youssef in Cairo: "If your regime can't handle a joke, you don't have a regime."

Jon Stewart with Bassem Youssef in Cairo: “If your regime can’t handle a joke, you don’t have a regime.”

Almost all of the segment is in English except the first half-minute. Jon Stewart makes an appearance in Cairo on Bassem Youssef’s comedy show. He […]

Juan Cole

UAE
Climbing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - World's Tallest Building (Video)

Climbing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – World’s Tallest Building (Video)

Joe McNally videos the climbers climbing the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building:

Juan Cole

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India-Pakistan Daily Border-Closing Ceremony, courtesy the Ministry of Silly Walks

India-Pakistan Daily Border-Closing Ceremony, courtesy the Ministry of Silly Walks

Sanjeev Bhaskar and the Ministry of Silly Walks bring you the daily India-Pakistan border closing ceremony: Here is the video:

Juan Cole

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