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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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Bush Will Ask For Another 70 Billion

Bush will ask for another $70 Billion Allawi Slams Bush over Troop Massacre The Bush administration will ask for another $70 billion for Iraq in […]

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10 Killed In Four Bombings Including

10 Killed In Four Bombings Including

10 Killed in four bombings, Including US Soldier Charges of Corruption In Halliburton Bids AP reports that that on Monday, guerrillas bombed four coalition and […]

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Bush Is Making Us Safer Complete Lack

Bush is Making us Safer? The complete lack of interest of the Bush administration in actually securing dangerous materials connected to the old, abandoned Iraqi […]

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Iri Suppresses Key Data Muqtada As

IRI Suppresses Key Data Muqtada as Popular as Allawi In my posting on Sunday, I complained that the International Republican Institute rather unrealistically put a […]

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Defending Massad Those Who Care

Defending Massad Those Who Care

Defending Massad Those who care anything for freedom of speech and academic integrity should please rise to the defense of Professor Joseph Massad at Columbia […]

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6 Us Troops Wounded More Than 28

6 US Troops Wounded, More than 28 Iraqis Dead, Over 50 Wounded On Saturday, Alistair Lyon reported from Baghdad along with David Randall in London […]

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Is Iri Spinning Poll I Find Cover Page

Is Iri Spinning Poll I Find Cover Page

Is the IRI Spinning the Poll I find the cover page at the International Republican Institute web site concerning its recent polling in Iraq to […]

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Eminem On Bush And Iraq Comments By

Eminem on Bush and Iraq: Comments by Hale and White Philosopher Benjamin Hale responds to my posting about Eminem on Friday: ‘ There are more […]

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Eminem On Bush I Dont Know What

Eminem on Bush I don’t know what Marshall Mathers’s politics are. But I do know that they could be of consequence for the youth vote, […]

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