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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
China

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

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Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

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Egypt
Egypt’s Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition Campaigns against his Referendum

Egypt’s Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition Campaigns against his Referendum

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Juan Cole

Iraq War
Psy of "Gangnam Style" attacked Bush's Iraq War, not America

Psy of “Gangnam Style” attacked Bush’s Iraq War, not America

Korean pop star Psy (Park Jae-sang ) is apologizing for performances in 2004 in which he condemned the Iraq War. At one point he sang […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Crowds at Presidential Palace Break through Barbed Wire, President offers Dialogue

Egypt: Crowds at Presidential Palace Break through Barbed Wire, President offers Dialogue

On Saturday morning, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood held a news conference in which its leader, Muhammad Badie, insisted that the so-called opposition in Egypt is […]

Juan Cole

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Senate Wraps up Investigation of CIA Rights Abuses but You’ll Likely Never See it (Currier)

Senate Wraps up Investigation of CIA Rights Abuses but You’ll Likely Never See it (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica A Senate committee is close to putting the final stamp on a massive report on the CIA’s detention, interrogation and […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria Rebels make Advances as Hillary Clinton calls for 'a Concerted Push' for Democratic Transition (Videos)

Syria Rebels make Advances as Hillary Clinton calls for ‘a Concerted Push’ for Democratic Transition (Videos)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a ‘concerted push’ on Friday to begin a political transition in Syria. She said that the transition […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt;  New Demos; Obama Expresses Alarm; and al-Azhar Clerics condemn Constitution

Egypt; New Demos; Obama Expresses Alarm; and al-Azhar Clerics condemn Constitution

US President Barack Obama called Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi on Thursday to express his anxiety about the violence that broke out on Wednesday in front […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Another thing Utah Could learn from Kenya:  Olkaria IV Geothermal Plant to be largest in World

Another thing Utah Could learn from Kenya: Olkaria IV Geothermal Plant to be largest in World

Utah did not vote for President Obama, whose father hailed from Kenya. But that state has something else to learn from the east African country. […]

Juan Cole

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America is officially a Center-Left Country (Young Turks)

America is officially a Center-Left Country (Young Turks)

On how America is a center-left country, and the younger voters are more left wing than their elders. Cenk Uygur of Current TV’s “Young Turks” […]

Juan Cole

Iran
President Obama needs to get us Out of Iran, too– not Just Iraq (Escobar)

President Obama needs to get us Out of Iran, too– not Just Iraq (Escobar)

Pepe Escobar writes at Tomdispatch.com: Let’s start with the obvious but important: on entering the Oval Office in January 2009, President Obama inherited a seemingly […]

Juan Cole

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