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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

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Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

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16 Killed, 40 Wounded in Baquba Bombing; Women MPs Protest Speaker; Awakening Councils fear Stab in Back

16 Killed, 40 Wounded in Baquba Bombing; Women MPs Protest Speaker; Awakening Councils fear Stab in Back

Readers who don’t read blogs on weekends should nevertheless look at my Sunday column on ‘The Real State of Iraq’. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that […]

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Iraq
The Real State of Iraq

The Real State of Iraq

American television loves natural disasters. The Burmese cyclones that may have carried off as many as 200,000 people offered the cameras high drama. The floods […]

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Baradei: Attack on Iran Would Create Fireball in ME;

Baradei: Attack on Iran Would Create Fireball in ME;

The American interpretation of a recent Israeli air force exercise as a warning to Iran that it could be bombed caused oil futures prices to […]

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Iraq
Sadrist Condemns ‘Eternal Slavery’ to US; 1 US Troop Killed, 5 Wounded; Bombings in Mosul

Sadrist Condemns ‘Eternal Slavery’ to US; 1 US Troop Killed, 5 Wounded; Bombings in Mosul

An American soldier was killed and five were wounded by roadside bombs on Friday in Diyala Province northeast of Baghdad. Congress passed a $161 bn. […]

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Ahmadinejad: ‘I was Almost Kidnapped by Bush’

Ahmadinejad: ‘I was Almost Kidnapped by Bush’

The USG Open Source Center translates an article in Tabnak saying that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is alleging that the US had planned to abduct […]

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Iraq
They’re Baaack; It is Politically Inconvenient to Acknowledge . . .

They’re Baaack; It is Politically Inconvenient to Acknowledge . . .

The consortium of American and European oil companies that had dominated Iraqi petroleum in the twentieth century is returning to Iraq to carry out service […]

Juan Cole

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Doggett Introduces Climate Bill

Doggett Introduces Climate Bill

Climate MATTERS Cap-and-Trade Legislation Introduced Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), announced today that he is introducing the Climate MATTERS Act (Climate Market […]

Juan Cole

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The Great Torture Scandal

The Great Torture Scandal

McClatchy and other reporters are abruptly pulling the curtain away from the Bush team’s illegal practices in arresting people arbitrarily, declining to offer proof that […]

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Iraq
Troops Move in To Amara; Awakening Mounts Party;

Troops Move in To Amara; Awakening Mounts Party;

Iraqi government troops began fanning through Amara and other towns of Maysan Province in the Shiite South on Thursday morning. Shiite militiamen, having been given […]

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