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Egypt slow rolled Solar, EVs and now Israel has Cut off its Fossil Gas amid Iran War
Egypt

Egypt slow rolled Solar, EVs and now Israel has Cut off its Fossil Gas amid Iran War

Juan Cole

Egypt’s inertia on green energy and EV’s is bringing the pain, as the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz provoke an energy price shock

In the Shadow of War, Israeli Settler Violence against Palestinians Intensifies

In the Shadow of War, Israeli Settler Violence against Palestinians Intensifies

03/18/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump’s Racism Mirrors Jeffrey Epstein’s

Donald Trump’s Racism Mirrors Jeffrey Epstein’s

03/18/2026 By Clarence Lusane

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170 Killed in Afghanistan as Gates, Cheney, Palin Wrangle over Karzai

170 Killed in Afghanistan as Gates, Cheney, Palin Wrangle over Karzai

170 people were killed in Afghanistan during the past week in political violence, according to an interior ministry spokesman. Radio Azadi reports in Persian that […]

Juan Cole

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Blog Migration

Blog Migration

Old-time readers please bear with me as I move the blog to a new hosting server and a new publishing software (Wordpress). And, don’t worry, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
President Weakened, but Pakistani State Kills 100 in Bombings, Clashes

President Weakened, but Pakistani State Kills 100 in Bombings, Clashes

On Saturday, fierce Pakistani fighter-jet bombardments of suspected militant positions in Khyber left dozens of persons dead and local tribal leaders livid at what they […]

Juan Cole

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Migrating Blog: Offline Temporarily

Migrating Blog: Offline Temporarily

Sorry, folks, I have to migrate my blog to a different server and publishing software this weekend. As a result, the site will be offline […]

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Netanyahu Blows Off Obama’s Nuclear Summit

Israel’s Netanyahu Blows Off Obama’s Nuclear Summit

The audience at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference is said to have gone wild with applause when Liz Cheney announced the decision of Israeli Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Air Farce: Qatari Diplomat Cuffed on Plane for Smoking, & Bad Joke

Air Farce: Qatari Diplomat Cuffed on Plane for Smoking, & Bad Joke

Karl Marx once remarked that every historical event occurs twice, first as tragedy and then as farce. On Wednesday evening we got the farcical version […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrist Straw Poll selects Ibrahim Jaafari as candidate for Prime Minister

Sadrist Straw Poll selects Ibrahim Jaafari as candidate for Prime Minister

The straw poll conducted by the Sadr Movement, led by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, produced the following results: Ibrahim Jaafari, (National Reform Trend): 24%Jaafar al-Sadr […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Numbers to Die For | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Numbers to Die For | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Numbers to Die For | TomDispatch: “* Believe it or not, the Defense Logistics Agency shipped 1.1 million hamburger patties to Afghanistan in […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai called Erratic, even Druggie; In fact, he is posing as liberator in shadow of Empire

Karzai called Erratic, even Druggie; In fact, he is posing as liberator in shadow of Empire

Here is the reason it is so important that President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has begun behaving so erratically. It is because the path President […]

Juan Cole

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