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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

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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London Bombing Egypt Pakistan And

The London Bombing: Egypt, Pakistan and France Weigh In The Egyptian government has arrested Magdy Elnashar, an associate of the bombers in Leeds, a chemist […]

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Ghost Of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan John

Ghost Of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan John

The Ghost of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan John Aravosis at AmericaBlog brings up the awful possibility, based on an ABC report, that the Public Relations-hungry […]

Juan Cole

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17 Killed Mostly Policemen Sabrina

17 Killed, Mostly Policemen Sabrina Tavernisse of the New York Times managed to get the figures from the Iraqi Health Ministry on how many Iraqis […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Children Targeted Najaf Clerics

Shiite Children Targeted Najaf Clerics

Shiite Children Targeted Najaf Clerics Warn of Civil War Borzou Daragahi of the Los Angeles Times reports on the gruesome bombing in the poor Shiite […]

Juan Cole

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New Leads In London Bombing British

New Leads in London Bombing British police suspect that the four British/South Asian young men who carried out the London Underground bombings had mentors who […]

Juan Cole

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Breaks In London Bomb Case British

Breaks In London Bomb Case British

Breaks in the London Bomb Case British police on Tuesday began revealing the contours of their investigation of the London Underground bombings of July 7. […]

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Talk Of Foreign Troop Withdrawals As

Talk of Foreign Troop Withdrawals as Bombs strike Kirkuk, Tal Afar Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said on Tuesday that some Iraqi cities were secure enough […]

Juan Cole

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Daily Kos Must Diaries Daily Koss Mike

Daily Kos Must Diaries Daily Koss Mike

Daily Kos Must Diaries Daily Kos’s Mike Pridmore has started an informed and enlightening discussion of Kramer’s attack on Middle East Studies professors in the […]

Juan Cole

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Rove Unfit For Public Office Whether

Rove Unfit for Public Office Whether the courts can and will punish Karl Rove for telling Time Magazine’s Matthew Cooper that Joe Wilson’s wife was […]

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