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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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Heavy Fighting In Sadr City Fallujah

Heavy Fighting In Sadr City Fallujah

Heavy Fighting in Sadr City, Fallujah US Military Deaths Pass 1000 Jeff Gray of The Toronto Globe and Mail reports The U.S. military death toll […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney Halliburton And Iraq Purloined

Cheney Halliburton And Iraq Purloined

Cheney, Halliburton and Iraq: The Purloined Letter Why was Dick Cheney so eager to invade Iraq? Why did he repeatedly link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Holds Political Meetings In

Sistani Holds Political Meetings In

Sistani Holds Political Meetings in Najaf Guerrilla War Continues in Mosul, Baghdad, Kirkuk Hundreds of residents of Najaf mounted a demonstration on Monday, for the […]

Juan Cole

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Aipac Spy Case Involves Intelligence

Aipac Spy Case Involves Intelligence

AIPAC Spy Case involves Intelligence on Iranian WMD James Gordon Meek reports that both FBI investigations of leaks from the Pentagon concern in part secret […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Near Fallujah Clashes In Najaf

Bombing Near Fallujah Clashes In Najaf

Bombing Near Fallujah, Clashes in Najaf The Iraqi Guerrilla War of 2003-2004 continued apace on Sunday and Monday. Guerrillas detonated an enormous car bomb near […]

Juan Cole

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Fighting In Tal Afar Latifiyah 1100 Us

Fighting In Tal Afar Latifiyah 1100 Us

Fighting in Tal Afar, Latifiyah1100 US Troops Wounded in August Heavy fighting raged in the northern city of Tal Afar, which lies west of Mosul, […]

Juan Cole

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National Council Elects 4 Vice

National Council Elects 4 Vice

National Council Elects 4 Vice-Chairmen AP reports, ‘ In Baghdad, mortar rounds landed near a convention center where members of Iraq’s 100-member transitional assembly, known […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Government Extends Ban On Al

Iraqi Government Extends Ban On Al

Iraqi Government Extends Ban on al-Jazeerah The caretaker Allawi government extended its ban on al-Jazeerah on Saturday. Al-Jazeerah itself reported that the government charged it […]

Juan Cole

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Najaf Aftermath As Viewed By Iraqis

Najaf Aftermath As Viewed By Iraqis

Najaf: The Aftermath as Viewed by Iraqis Abbas Kadhim evaluates “Sistan’s triumph” at al-Ahram Weekly. He writes: The real winner at the end of the […]

Juan Cole

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