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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

02/04/2026 By Liz Theoharis

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

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New Iraqi Law on Baath Worries Ex-Baathists

New Iraqi Law on Baath Worries Ex-Baathists

So the big political news today is that the Iraqi parliament on Saturday finally passed a revision of the “De-baathification” law issued by US viceroy […]

Juan Cole

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Yamli Arabic software

Yamli Arabic software

My readers sometimes ask me about Arabic software tools for the web. I just wanted to flag for them Yamli.com, which I’m finding a real […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again

4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again

PM Nuri al-Maliki called for widened political participation. He appears to be working on a compromise that might bring the parties of Iyad Allawi and […]

Juan Cole

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US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication

US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication

The Bush administration’s assertion that 5 small Iranian boats confronted big, well-armed US ships in the Straits of Hormuz and threatened to blow up the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
9 US Troops Killed; 250,000 Civilians Dead in Bush’s War?

9 US Troops Killed; 250,000 Civilians Dead in Bush’s War?

Sunni Arab guerrillas have killed 9 US soldiers in the past two days. They killed 6 and wounded 4 with a bomb in a booby-trapped […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
McCain Republicans’ anti-War Candidate; Sunnis Fear Return of Baghdad Violence;

McCain Republicans’ anti-War Candidate; Sunnis Fear Return of Baghdad Violence;

In the US, here is an irony. John McCain, “Mr. Surge,” who dreams of a century-long US occupation of Iraq, was the anti-war candidate for […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Pakistani Papers React to NYT Story on Expansion of CIA Activities

OSC: Pakistani Papers React to NYT Story on Expansion of CIA Activities

The USG Open Source Center provides translated excerpts from Pakistani editorials reacting to Sunday’s New York Times story on discussions by VP Dick Cheney with […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
24 Dead in Sunni Counter-Attacks; Major Refinery in Flames

24 Dead in Sunni Counter-Attacks; Major Refinery in Flames

In a further sign of a determined new year’s counter-attack by the radical Salafis and/or neo-Baathists, a wave of bombings and kidnappings swept Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

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Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: Big "Mo-bama" Grabs Dems in Granite State; McCain Regains Lead Over Romney in GOP Battle

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby New Hampshire Tracking Poll: Big "Mo-bama" Grabs Dems in Granite State; McCain Regains Lead Over Romney in GOP Battle

Zogby gave permission to reprint the below, just in: ‘ UTICA, New York—Democrat Barack Obamas dramatic post-Iowa momentum has come to full bloom in the […]

Juan Cole

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