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

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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Sistani Blesses United Iraqi Alliance

Sistani Blesses United Iraqi Alliance

Sistani “Blesses” United Iraqi Alliance Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s web site [Arabic Link] has posted an article from the newspaper al-Ra’i al-`Amm which reports Sistani’s […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Arab News Cycle I Found This

Israeli-Arab News Cycle I found this Haaretz article too complicated too follow. So the Israeli Army has a psy-ops unit that used to be very […]

Juan Cole

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Bombs Zarqawi And Sistanis

Bombs Zarqawi And Sistanis

Bombs, Zarqawi, and Sistani’s Constitution On Monday morning, guerrillas set off another car bomb near the headquarters in Baghdad of the Iraqi National Accord, the […]

Juan Cole

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Al Yawir On Chalabi Affair Lbc Arab

Al-Yawir on the Chalabi Affair The LBC Arab satellite channel ran an extended interview Sunday afternoon EST with interim Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir. The interviewer […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim No To Civil War Yes To

Al Hakim No To Civil War Yes To

Al-Hakim: No to Civil War, Yes to Timetable for US Withdrawal Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the United Iraqi Alliance list, says that Shiites refuse […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi To Be Arrested Political

Chalabi To Be Arrested Political

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Juan Cole

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Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against

Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against

Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against Clerical Rule Ayatollah Husain Ali Montazeri of Qom warned [Persian link] the Iraqi political class on Friday against allowing clerics to […]

Juan Cole

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Pictorial Commentary On First Line In

A Pictorial Commentary on the first Line in Bush’s Inaugural Speech The full transcript is here. Pictures are clickable. ” . . . on this […]

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