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Turkiye gets 11% of its Electricity from Wind, plans $1.5 Bn. Investment this year
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Turkiye gets 11% of its Electricity from Wind, plans $1.5 Bn. Investment this year

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye’s wind power sector continues to grow, albeit at a somewhat slower pace than at the beginning of this decade. […]

The Massacre of Gaza’s Children: A Stain on Humanity

The Massacre of Gaza’s Children: A Stain on Humanity

05/29/2025 By Middle East Monitor

IDF firing ‘Warning Shots’ near Diplomats sets an unacceptable Precedent in International Relations

IDF firing ‘Warning Shots’ near Diplomats sets an unacceptable Precedent in International Relations

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Let Slip the Dogs of War and Demonize Ahmadinejad

Let Slip the Dogs of War and Demonize Ahmadinejad

My column at Salon.com is online: Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1: Demonizing the Iranian president and making his visit to New York seem […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Relents on Blackwater Bush to ask for Nearly $200 bn.

Iraq Relents on Blackwater Bush to ask for Nearly $200 bn.

The Iraqi government is backing off its demand that the Blackwater security firm be expelled from Iraq in the wake of apparently unprovoked shootings that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Pentagon Report Gives Lie to Surge Success

Pentagon Report Gives Lie to Surge Success

Reprinted for Monday readers: An article on how the schedule for turning Iraqi provinces over to the Iraqi army and police for security purposes has […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Tzipi Livni Aboutface: Now Against Terrorism

Tzipi Livni Aboutface: Now Against Terrorism

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, now grandstanding at the UN, is the daughter of Eitan Livni, the chief operations officer of the Irgun terrorist organization. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil

Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil

Pepe Escobar writes with regard to my posting about Brazil’s granting of asylum to Palestinian refugees expelled from Palestine by the Israeli military in 1948, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq: Videotape of Blackwater Attack Jaafari Maneuvers in Najaf

Iraq: Videotape of Blackwater Attack Jaafari Maneuvers in Najaf

Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they have a videotape of the shootings in Nisur Square last Sunday by Blackwater security guards, which shows that they […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sistani Aides Killed UIC Unconcerned with Sadrists’ Departure

Sistani Aides Killed UIC Unconcerned with Sadrists’ Departure

AP reports that two more aides to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani were assassinated on Friday, bringing the total since late August to 5. Some worshippers […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Allawi Rejects al-Maliki’s charge of Treason US Kidnaps another Iranian from the KRG

Allawi Rejects al-Maliki’s charge of Treason US Kidnaps another Iranian from the KRG

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki slammed his rival, Iyad Allawi of the National Concord Movement, for engaging in secret talks with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Republicans vote Down Webb Plan for Troops; Al-Maliki Accuses Blackwater

Republicans vote Down Webb Plan for Troops; Al-Maliki Accuses Blackwater

Iraqi guerrillas killed four US troops on Tuesday. Republican senators succeeded in blocking the Webb plan to give US troops off as much time between […]

Juan Cole

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