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Green Enterprise: 1 Gigawatt He Dreiht North Sea Wind Farm receives no Gov’t Subsidies
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Green Enterprise: 1 Gigawatt He Dreiht North Sea Wind Farm receives no Gov’t Subsidies

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first giant Vestas offshore wind turbine of the German He Dreiht (“It Spins”) project in the North Sea has […]

‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting

‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting

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Israelis’ Blinkered Media Drive Public Doubts on Gaza’s Hunger Plight

Israelis’ Blinkered Media Drive Public Doubts on Gaza’s Hunger Plight

05/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Al Haeri Weighs In Al Jazeerahs Crawl

Al Haeri Weighs In Al Jazeerahs Crawl

Al-Haeri Weighs in Al-Jazeerah’s crawl is saying that Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, based in Qom, has issued a fatwa or ruling that no Iraqi Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Stream To Najaf Thousands Of

Thousands Stream To Najaf Thousands Of

Thousands Stream to Najaf Thousands of Shiites are streaming toward Najaf in hopes of forming a human shield around Muqtada al-Sadr, according to al-Hayat. Many […]

Juan Cole

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Oil Pipeline Closed Costing Iraqi

Oil Pipeline Closed Costing Iraqi

Oil Pipeline Closed, Costing Iraqi Government $30 Million a day The continued instability in the Shiite areas of southern Iraq, especially threats of sabotage by […]

Juan Cole

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It Takes Following To Make Ayatollah

It Takes Following To Make Ayatollah

It Takes a Following to Make an Ayatollah My op-ed on Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr is in Sunday’s Washington Post.

Juan Cole

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Why Does Mahdi Army Fight Mariam Fam

Why Does Mahdi Army Fight Mariam Fam

Why does the Mahdi Army fight? Mariam Fam of AP talks about the cultural dynamics around the Army of the Mahdi, the militia of Muqtada […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Press Conference No Ordinary

Muqtada Press Conference No Ordinary

Muqtada Press Conference: “No Ordinary Politics Under Occupation” The one-day truce in Najaf has collapsed. And, even the council of tribal chieftains in the Middle […]

Juan Cole

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Us War Planes Bomb Samarra Al Jazeerah

Us War Planes Bomb Samarra Al Jazeerah

US War Planes Bomb Samarra Al-Jazeerah also showed footage of the US bombing of the city of Samarra (north of Baghdad) on Friday night or […]

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Muqtada To Allawi Resign In Press

Muqtada To Allawi Resign In Press

Muqtada to Allawi: Resign! In a press conference on Friday, Muqtada al-Sadr called on the caretaker government of Iyad Allawi to resign: “I advise the […]

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Kadhim On Najaf Crisis Abbas Kadhim

Kadhim On Najaf Crisis Abbas Kadhim

Kadhim on the Najaf Crisis Abbas Kadhim, an Iraqi Shiite scholar who knows Najaf intimately, has published an op-ed that questions the common wisdom about […]

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