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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Condi Told By Olmert To Back Off Steve

Condi Told By Olmert To Back Off Steve

Condi told by Olmert to Back off? Steve Clemons reports that the Israelis have told US Secretary of State Condi Rice to back off her […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqis Condemn Israeli Attacks Both

Iraqis Condemn Israeli Attacks Both

Iraqis Condemn Israeli Attacks Both Sunni and Shiite clerics and politicians condemned the Israeli attack on Lebanon on Friday. The Friday sermons were thunderous. Money […]

Juan Cole

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Is Arab Spring Turning To Dust Under

Is Arab Spring Turning To Dust Under

Is the Arab Spring turning to Dust under Israeli Bombardment? Petroleum hit $76.70 a barrel on Thursday, a record high price, in reaction to the […]

Juan Cole

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Mashhadani Jews Source Of All Iraqs

Mashhadani Jews Source Of All Iraqs

Mashhadani: Jews the Source of all Iraq’s Problems And, remember how the Bush administration trumpeted the December 2005 elections in Iraq and the joining in […]

Juan Cole

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Muqdadiyah Massacre Of Shiites Baghdad

Muqdadiyah Massacre Of Shiites Baghdad

Muqdadiyah Massacre of Shiites Baghdad Sunni Neighborhoods Organize Militias At Muqdadiyah, a mixed Sunni-Shiite town north of Baghdad, guerrillas came to a bus station, separated […]

Juan Cole

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Beginning Of New War Will It Spill

Beginning Of New War Will It Spill

The Beginning of a New War? Will it Spill over on Iraq? All hell broke loose on Wednesday in the Mideast, with a Hizbullah attack […]

Juan Cole

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Of Mushrooms And Peak Experiences

Of Mushrooms And Peak Experiences

Of Mushrooms and Peak Experiences The magic mushrooms really do work. Depending on what you mean by “work.” I suspect that these mushrooms were used […]

Juan Cole

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190 Dead In Mumbai Train Bombings

190 Dead In Mumbai Train Bombings

190 Dead in Mumbai Train Bombings The likelihood is that the sophisticated coordinated attack on the trains in India’s western commercial hub of Mumbai (Bombay) […]

Juan Cole

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Over 60 Dead As Faith Based Killings

Over 60 Dead As Faith Based Killings

Over 60 Dead as Faith-Based Killings Continue Kurds to the Rescue? By my count, nearly 200 Iraqis have been killed in civil war violence during […]

Juan Cole

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