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An Iranian-American View: Tehran will Never Surrender
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An Iranian-American View: Tehran will Never Surrender

Fariba Amini

Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.        –Rumi Like the rest of the world, I […]

Recycling Solar Panels will Reduce Waste, but We Should Repair and Reuse First

Recycling Solar Panels will Reduce Waste, but We Should Repair and Reuse First

06/17/2025 By The Conversation

Congress Considers War Powers Resolution Rejecting an Iran War

Congress Considers War Powers Resolution Rejecting an Iran War

06/17/2025 By Medea Benjamin

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Rice and Torture

Rice and Torture

Rice led Bush administration discussions of torture techniques, according to documents secured and released by Sen. Carl Levin as part of a congressional inquiry. I […]

Juan Cole

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Troopergate and Palin

Troopergate and Palin

Witness flips in troopergate. A private contractor now admits under oath that she was pressured by Palin’s office over Palin’s attempt vindictively to fire her […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki: US Cannot Afford to Stay; Physicians to Carry Weapons

Al-Maliki: US Cannot Afford to Stay; Physicians to Carry Weapons

In an interview with the Associated Press, PM Nuri al-Maliki warned that the future is dark if Iraq and the US do not agree on […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai: Civilian Gov't of Pakistan better against Terrorism; Pakistan Bajaur Campaign Leaves 15 Dead

Karzai: Civilian Gov’t of Pakistan better against Terrorism; Pakistan Bajaur Campaign Leaves 15 Dead

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai believes that the new civilian government will take more effective steps against the Pakistani Taliban on the Afghan border. This stance […]

Juan Cole

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Kaptur: Playing Wall Street Bailout

Kaptur: Playing Wall Street Bailout

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on how the Reality Game, “Wall Street Bailout,” is played: See also Chalmers Johnson at Tomdispatch.com on the Pentagon Bailout Fraud.

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings in Baghdad Kill 34, Wound 100; Arab-Kurdish Violence in Diyala

Bombings in Baghdad Kill 34, Wound 100; Arab-Kurdish Violence in Diyala

A wave of deadly bombings and other attacks swept Baghdad on Sunday, killing nearly three dozen persons and wounding over 100. The attacks on Shiite […]

Juan Cole

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Daragahi: Damascus Bombing Payback from Radical Sunnis

Daragahi: Damascus Bombing Payback from Radical Sunnis

These bombings in Baghdad follow a major such attack in Damascus, Syria, which was probably carried out by radical revivalist Sunnis (“Salafis”) to punish the […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Won: Gallup/USA Today Poll; 52% Say Obama best to Fix Problems, vs. 35% for McCain

Obama Won: Gallup/USA Today Poll; 52% Say Obama best to Fix Problems, vs. 35% for McCain

In addition to those two snap polls done just after the debate on Friday by CNN and by CBS, there is now further evidence that […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Oil Moguls fear Hybrid Cars

Saudi Oil Moguls fear Hybrid Cars

Saudi Arabia wants lower petroleum prices. As a country with enormous reserves, Riyadh would like to preserve their value. In contrast, countries like Algeria with […]

Juan Cole

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