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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

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Donald Trump
Top 10 Ways Trump's Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

Top 10 Ways Trump’s Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies | – Revised. (Commondreams.org) – The U.S. assassination of General Qassem Soleimani has not yet plunged us […]

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
All the Ways Trump's Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

By David Mednicoff | – Editor’s note: Iran’s missile attack on a U.S. base in Iraq in retaliation for the Trump administration’s killing of Iranian […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the US political establishment and press has been demonizing Gen. Qasem Soleimani since he was rubbed out by Trump, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

( 48hills.org) – Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation […]

Reese Erlich

Russia
Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Radwan Zyada | – (Middle East Monitor) – Russian President Putin made a surprise visit to Damascus [on January 7], during which he met Bashar […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump's Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam

Trump’s Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam

By Deina Abdelkader | – Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Americans re: Iran:  A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in

Americans re: Iran: A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A USA Today opinion poll reported by Susan Page shows that the American people view Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression

Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression

Beachwood, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – With precarious standoffs in Libya’s Tripoli and Syria’s Idlib on the verge of collapsing amid fresh waves of […]

Eian Katz

Afghanistan
The Global War of Error:  and No, that is not a Typo

The Global War of Error: and No, that is not a Typo

( Tomdispatch.com) – Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality, and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White […]

Tom Engelhardt

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