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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Bush Administration Outing of Double Agent “Made no Sense”: Baer Jim Lobe has a good summary of the state of play in the scandal of […]

Juan Cole

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1 British Soldier Dead 5 Wounded In

1 British Soldier Dead 5 Wounded In

1 British Soldier Dead, 5 Wounded in Basra Clashes Najaf in Flames; Oil Production Stopped Early Tuesday Baghdad time, there was talk of a truce […]

Juan Cole

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Provincial News Sunni Shiite Fighting

Provincial News Sunni Shiite Fighting

Provincial News: Sunni-Shiite fighting in Yusufiyah An informed reader writes: ‘ [Last Friday] there were the first violent clashes, practically a battle, between Sunnis and […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Administration Outing Of Khan

Bush Administration Outing Of Khan

Bush Administration outing of Khan Enabled 5 al-Qaeda Cell Members to Escape Capture Neville Dean of PA News reports that a magistrate has given British […]

Juan Cole

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Fighting Rages On In Iraq Ap Gives

Fighting Rages On In Iraq Ap Gives

Fighting Rages on in Iraq AP gives a good overview. Baghdad On Monday morning guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside the house of Diyala provincial […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Arrest Warrants Three Judge

Chalabi Arrest Warrants Three Judge

Chalabi Arrest Warrants A three-judge panel on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrests of Ahmad Chalabi and his nephew Salem Chalabi. Ahmad Chalabi was […]

Juan Cole

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Cnn Transcripts On Khan Case From Cnn

Cnn Transcripts On Khan Case From Cnn

CNN Transcripts on Khan Case From CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Sunday August 8: ‘ BLITZER: Let’s talk about some of the people who […]

Juan Cole

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Cnn On Khan Scandal Has It Prevented

Cnn On Khan Scandal Has It Prevented

CNN on Khan Scandal: Has it Prevented the Capture of Bin Laden? The story of how the Bush administration prematurely outed Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Outing Of Khan And Faustian

Bush Outing Of Khan And Faustian

Bush Outing of Khan and the Faustian Bargain David Johnston of the New York Times tried to get further details of the Bush administration outing […]

Juan Cole

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