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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

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UK Police Seek links among Bombers Reading between the lines of this FT article, I conclude that UK police have not given up on the […]

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Frist Stance Setback To American

Frist Stance Setback to American Taliban Senator Frist’s flip flop on the stem cell issue may or may not help his rumored presidential bid in […]

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Constitution Unfinished As Deadline

Constitution Unfinished as Deadline Looms 17 Dead in Violence Saturday Sunni Arab members of the constitution drafting committee are still rejecting language that would make […]

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London Bombings State Of Play After

London Bombings: State of Play After the dramatic arrests on Friday in London and Rome, it appears that the foot soldiers of the July 21 […]

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Sunnis Demonstrate In Baghdad As

Sunnis Demonstrate In Baghdad As

Sunnis Demonstrate in Baghdad As Bombings Kill 28, wound 46, with 3 US Soldiers Dead 1 Million Iraqis say “US Out”! Maher al-Thanoon of Reuters […]

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Nation Forum On Middle East Unintended

Nation Forum on Middle East “Unintended Consequences: A Forum on Iraq and the Mideast,” in The Nation is now available online. Journalists Helena Cobban and […]

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Attacks In Baqubah Mansur Train

Attacks in Baqubah, Mansur Train, Pipeline bombed Reuters reports on deaths in the guerrilla war on Thursday: In Baqubah and Khan Bani Saad northeast of […]

Juan Cole

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Turks Threaten To Invade Iraq Just

Turks threaten to Invade Iraq Just a reminder how much of a tinderbox Iraq is, and how easily neighboring countries could be drawn into a […]

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War On Terror Over Bush Administration

War on Terror Over The Bush administration is giving up the phrase “global war on terror.” I take it this is because they have finally […]

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