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

Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

03/08/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

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Over a Dozen Police Killed, Nearly 2 Dozen Wounded Reuters reports that guerrillas detonated a car bomb on Sunday near a Baghdad cafe frequented by […]

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Tawhid Joins Al Qaeda On Internet Site

Tawhid Joins Al Qaeda On Internet Site

Tawhid Joins al-Qaeda On the internet site of Monotheism and Holy War (al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad), the group allegedly declared, “We announce that the Tawhid and […]

Juan Cole

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Will Tested Of Coalition Of Willing

Will Tested Of Coalition Of Willing

Will Tested of Coalition of the Willing Between 20,000 and 75,000 protesters came out in London to march against US presence in Iraq. The Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Suskind on Bush: “I can Fly!” Ron Suskind’s profile of George W. Bush reminded me eerily of Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist […]

Juan Cole

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Is Bush Shortchanging Our Troops

Is Bush Shortchanging our Troops? The refusal of 19 reservists of the 43rd Quartermaster Company in Tallil to take fuel up to Taji north of […]

Juan Cole

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Jailed For Blogging I Received This

Jailed for Blogging I received this message from on an email network I subscribe to. ‘ Omid Memarian, Iranian writer and journalist, weblogger and social […]

Juan Cole

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More Bombs And Minor Mutiny Did They

More Bombs And Minor Mutiny Did They

More Bombs, and a Minor Mutiny Did they or didn’t they? Contradictory reports fly about the apparent mutiny of some troops in Iraq. Apparently they […]

Juan Cole

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Arab American Swing Vote Up For Grabs

Arab American Swing Vote Up For Grabs

Arab-American Swing Vote Up for Grabs Gary Younge has a truly excellent article in the Guardian on the Arab-American community and the way they are […]

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Kerry, Gay Daughters and Blue Hairs Christopher Manion, a conservative critic of the neoconservatives, is the author of among the more trenchant Christian critiques of […]

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