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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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Uia Woos Muqtada Inquiry Launched Into

Uia Woos Muqtada Inquiry Launched Into

UIA woos Muqtada Inquiry Launched into Saddam Execution Irregularities MENA, the Egyptian news agency, reports a demonstration of hundreds of persons on Tuesday in Habhab […]

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Apocalypse Ii In Samarra Us Kills 6 At

Apocalypse II in Samarra US Kills 6 at National Dialogue Front Office CBS/AP report that an angry crowd of Sunni Arab demonstrators in the northern […]

Juan Cole

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Conflicting Accounts Of Cia And Saddam

Conflicting Accounts Of Cia And Saddam

Conflicting accounts of CIA and Saddam, 1959-1963 My posting last Saturday, For Whom the Bell Tolls: Top Ten Ways the US Enabled Saddam Hussein has […]

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Us Reaction To 1963 Baath Coup Since

US Reaction to 1963 Baath Coup Since the 1963 Baath coup has come up here twice this week, I thought readers might be interested in […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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