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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Rosen On Shiite Execution Of Saddam

Rosen On Shiite Execution Of Saddam

Rosen on Shiite Execution of Saddam Nir Rosen at Iraqslogger has a fine analysis of the Sunni Arab reaction to the hanging of Saddam, and […]

Juan Cole

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Saddam Buried Malikis New Strategy

Saddam Buried Malikis New Strategy

Saddam Buried Maliki’s New Strategy? Saddam Hussein was laid to rest in the village of al-Awjah near Tikrit, his birthplace. In Salahuddin Province there is […]

Juan Cole

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Us Press On 3000 Us Troops Killed In

Us Press On 3000 Us Troops Killed In

US Press on 3,000 US troops Killed in Iraq Allen Breed of AP writes poignantly about , the section at Arlington cemetery that contains the […]

Juan Cole

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What Number 3000 Hides Iraqi

What Number 3000 Hides Iraqi

What the Number 3000 Hides Iraqi guerrillas killed 6 more GIs and AP put the total dead in combat at 2998. The dreadful milestone of […]

Juan Cole

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Murderers Gibbet Cole In Salon

Murderers Gibbet Cole In Salon

The Murderer’s Gibbet Cole in Salon.com on the Saddam Execution My article on the execution of Saddam is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ The body […]

Juan Cole

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For Whom Bell Tolls Top Ten Ways Us

For Whom Bell Tolls Top Ten Ways Us

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Top Ten Ways the US Enabled Saddam Hussein The old monster swung from the gallows this morning at 6 am […]

Juan Cole

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Riverbend Is Back Riverbend Weighs In

Riverbend Is Back Riverbend Weighs In

Riverbend is Back Riverbend weighs in on the condition of Iraq and Saddam’s impending execution. I disagree with her about Jalal Talabani (the old-time Kurdish […]

Juan Cole

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Alexandrovna Guest Op Ed Saddams

Alexandrovna Guest Op Ed Saddams

Alexandrovna Guest Op-Ed: Saddam’s Execution and the Campaign Against Iran Saddam’s Execution is about Iran Larisa Alexandrovna ‘PROLOGUE: When someone does something obviously egregious, we […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 5 Gis Security Alert

Guerrillas Kill 5 Gis Security Alert

Guerrillas Kill 5 GIs Security Alert over Saddam Sentence Al-Aamiri killing Roils Shiite Politics The US military announced that Iraqi guerrillas killed 5 GIs on […]

Juan Cole

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