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S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam
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S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam

Juan Cole

If fossil fuels were competitive, Trump wouldn’t have to try so hard to stall permitting for new wind and solar projects

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

02/17/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

02/17/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Sadrists: Will Purge Mahdi Army Reject Iranian Troops for Iraq Demand Election Law Reform

Sadrists: Will Purge Mahdi Army Reject Iranian Troops for Iraq Demand Election Law Reform

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Iraqi newspaper “Ilaf,” on planned housekeeping inside the Sadr Movement, in which leaders plan to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Dozens Killed in Bombings, Clashes 3 Mn. Iranian Pilgrims Expected 41% of Jihadis are Saudis

Dozens Killed in Bombings, Clashes 3 Mn. Iranian Pilgrims Expected 41% of Jihadis are Saudis

Guerrillas detonated a bomb in a Baghdad pet market on Friday morning at 9 am, killing at least 13 persons and wounding others. Two important […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Pink: Dear Mr. President

Pink: Dear Mr. President

Pink – Dear Mr. President Dear Mr. PresidentCome take a walk with meLet’s pretend we’re just two people andYou’re not better than meI’d like to […]

Juan Cole

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Abu Abd and Baghdad Security US Soldier Killed, dozens of Iraqis Killed or Wounded

Abu Abd and Baghdad Security US Soldier Killed, dozens of Iraqis Killed or Wounded

Al-Hayat writing in Arabic profiles Sa’d Uraibi al-Ubaidi, known as “Abu Abd”, the ‘tribal awakening’ leader who, it claims, now controls most of the Sunni […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Newspapers Critical of Bush Policy

Pakistani Newspapers Critical of Bush Policy

The USG Open Source Center translates excerpts from Pakistani newspaper editorials concerning the visit over the weekend of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte […]

Juan Cole

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Congress Digs in its Heels over Iraq Funding; Iran-US Talks on Iraq Security

Congress Digs in its Heels over Iraq Funding; Iran-US Talks on Iraq Security

My analysis of this NYT piece is that Bush and the Republicans are betting that they can portray as irresponsible and unpatriotic the Democrats in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Extremists Move North Security Guards arrested by Iraqi militiary

Extremists Move North Security Guards arrested by Iraqi militiary

AP reports that US generals in Iraq are talking about the move to northern Iraq of the most violent Sunni religious guerrillas (the US calls […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunni Groups at Odds with Each Other

Sunni Groups at Odds with Each Other

The USG Open Source Center reports on wrangling between two Sunni groups, the more urban and small-town Sunni fundamentalists of the Iraqi Accord Front [al-Tawafuq] […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Gov’t Inaction Poses Grave Risks: US Officers 17 Killed in Sunday Bombing Wave

Iraqi Gov’t Inaction Poses Grave Risks: US Officers 17 Killed in Sunday Bombing Wave

According to the Washington Post’s Tom Ricks, US officers in Iraq are saying that the failure of the government of PM Nuri al-Maliki to capitalize […]

Juan Cole

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