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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

03/07/2026 By Arnold Oliver

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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Dabbous Guest Editorial Getting Home

Dabbous Guest Editorial Getting Home

Dabbous Guest Editorial: Getting Home in Beirut My View from our Sunni-Beiruti Neighbourhood Eugène Richard Sensenig-Dabbous ‘For those of you who know Beirut, I drove […]

Juan Cole

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Gul Partitioned Iraq Means Endless War

Gul Partitioned Iraq Means Endless War

Gul: A Partitioned Iraq Means “Endless War” Bombings, Killings in Baghdad Leave 50 Dead Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is warning the US not to […]

Juan Cole

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Karrada Bombing Kills 26 40 Bodies

Karrada Bombing Kills 26 40 Bodies

Karrada Bombing kills 26, 40 Bodies Found Maliki Threatens Sunni MP Reuters reports on political violence in Iraq’s ongoing civil war. In Baghdad: *Police found […]

Juan Cole

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Battle At Haifa Street Kills 30 Senate

Battle At Haifa Street Kills 30 Senate

Battle at Haifa Street kills 30 Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejects Escalation The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to 9 for a non-binding resolution […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Television On Bushs State Of

Iraqi Television on Bush’s State of the Union It is odd that US media seem completely uninterested in how Bush’s State of the Union speech […]

Juan Cole

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Another Helicopter Downed 5 Americans

Another Helicopter Downed 5 Americans

Another Helicopter Downed, 5 Americans Dead Mahdi Army Pledges not to Respond to US Arrests Sunni Arab guerrillas used some sort of surface to air […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush Yet One Question Has

Arguing With Bush Yet One Question Has

Arguing With Bush Yet one question has surely been settled – that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the […]

Juan Cole

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Ashura Massacres Shake Iraq At Least

Ashura Massacres Shake Iraq At Least

Ashura Massacres Shake Iraq At Least 130 Killed The Western press reported on 130 of the iraqis killed in political violence in Iraq on Monday, […]

Juan Cole

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Rightwing Smearers Of Obama Dont Know

Rightwing Smearers Of Obama Dont Know

Rightwing Smearers of Obama Don’t know a School from a Madrasa The rightwing smear campaign against Barack Obama, waged by a magazine funded by the […]

Juan Cole

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