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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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20 Killed Or Wounded At Education

20 Killed or Wounded at Education Ministry Bombing 6 Hostages Taken Guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside the Ministry of Education in Baghdad on Monday, […]

Juan Cole

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Whats At Stake Revolutionary Vs

What’s at Stake The Revolutionary vs. the Statesman The decision between Bush and Kerry will shape the world Americans live in during the next four […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 24 Dead Dozens Wounded Ap

At Least 24 Dead Dozens Wounded Ap

At Least 24 Dead, Dozens Wounded AP reports that guerrillas fired a rocket into the Sunubar Hotel in Tikrit, leaving 15 Iraqis dead and 8 […]

Juan Cole

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9 Marines Among 31 Killed In Iraq News

9 Marines Among 31 Killed In Iraq News

9 Marines among 31 Killed in Iraq The news from Iraq on the last Saturday before the US elections was truly horrible, with an orgy […]

Juan Cole

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Towers Of Beirut Readers Have Asked Me

Towers Of Beirut Readers Have Asked Me

Towers of Beirut Readers have asked me to what Bin Laden was referring when he said he first conceived the idea of attacking US skyscrapers […]

Juan Cole

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Elections And Religious Tensions In

Elections And Religious Tensions In

Elections and Religious Tensions in Iraq Al-Hayat reports that Shaikh Sadr al-Din Qubanji, a Friday mosque preacher for the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in […]

Juan Cole

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Other Shoe Drops Bin Laden Weighs In

The Other Shoe Drops: Bin Laden Weighs in It is interesting that Usamah Bin Laden explicitly said that it doesn’t matter to al-Qaeda whether Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Pentagon Briefing On Missing

Pentagon Briefing On Missing

Pentagon Briefing on Missing Explosives I just watched the Larry DiRita host a Pentagon briefing on the issue of the missing explosives at al-Qaqaa. I […]

Juan Cole

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Us Has Killed 100000 In Iraq Lancet

Us Has Killed 100000 In Iraq Lancet

US Has Killed 100,000 in Iraq: The Lancet The Lancet, a respected British medical journal, reports that the US and coalition forces (but mainly the […]

Juan Cole

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