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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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Supreme Council Denounces Terrorism In

Supreme Council Denounces Terrorism In

Supreme Council Denounces Terrorism In his sermon in Najaf for the Eid al-Adha, Sadr al-Din al-Qubanji of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Inquiry Must Cover Cheney Feith Bush

Inquiry Must Cover Cheney Feith Bush

Inquiry Must cover Cheney, Feith The Bush Administration will probably attempt to dump all the blame for the WMD fiasco on the CIA. As many […]

Juan Cole

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Patel On Grand Ayatollah Kadhim Al

Patel On Grand Ayatollah Kadhim Al

Patel on Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri as a possible Sistani Successor David Patel, in Basra, brings up the question of who would succeed Grand Ayatollah […]

Juan Cole

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Brown Translation Commentary On Draft

Brown Translation Commentary On Draft

Brown Translation, Commentary on Draft of Iraqi Fundamental Law Professor Nathan Brown of George Washington University, among the foremost US experts in Middle Eastern law, […]

Juan Cole

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Were Irbil Bombings Revenge For Capture

Were Irbil Bombings Revenge For Capture

Were the Irbil Bombings Revenge for the Capture of Hasan Ghul of al-Qaeda? The London daily al-Hayat raised the question today of whether Sunday’s twin […]

Juan Cole

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Reply To Yglesias On Palestine Matthew

Reply To Yglesias On Palestine Matthew

Reply to Yglesias on Palestine Matthew Yglesias, a philosopher who runs a very interesting web site, cited my piece on 2/2/04 about Muqtada al-Sadr’s objecting […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 56 Dead Over 200 Wounded In

At Least 56 Dead Over 200 Wounded In

At least 56 dead, over 200 Wounded in Irbil Blasts Suicide bombers blew up the headquarters of the two major Kurdish political parties in Irbil […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada To Electricity Minister Over

Muqtada To Electricity Minister Over

Muqtada to Electricity Minister over Israel: “Go to Hell!” According to AFP, Aiham al-Samarrai, interim minister of electricity in Iraq, has said that although Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Muslim Brotherhood Heads Up Iraq Under

Muslim Brotherhood Heads Up Iraq Under

Muslim Brotherhood Heads up Iraq under Americans AFP reports that the president of the Interim Governing Council for February is Muhsin Abdul Hamid, the leader […]

Juan Cole

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