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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.

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

03/07/2026 By Dialogue Earth

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Fresh Wave Of Violence In Iraq Leaves

Fresh Wave Of Violence In Iraq Leaves

Fresh Wave of Violence in Iraq Leaves 10 Dead, 62 Wounded Reuters reports that a suicide bomber set off a massive explosion by targeting a […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Pressman On Wall Today

Guest Editorial Pressman On Wall Today

Guest Editorial: Pressman on The Wall Today we feature two guest editorials on the Israeli security wall, which is being built largely on Palestinian territory […]

Juan Cole

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Beinin Guest Editorial Us Congress

Beinin Guest Editorial Us Congress

Beinin Guest Editorial: The US Congress Defies the World Court Our second guest editorial on the issue of the Wall is by the distinguished academic […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtadas Newspaper Reopens Al Hawzah

Muqtadas Newspaper Reopens Al Hawzah

Muqtada’s Newspaper Reopens Al-Hawzah, the newspaper of the radical young Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, will be allowed to publish again. The decision was taken by […]

Juan Cole

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Rockefeller On Feith Upi Runs Guest

Rockefeller On Feith Upi Runs Guest

Rockefeller on Feith UPI runs a guest editorial by Greg Guma that signals a long-delayed outbreak of public candor in the US print press about […]

Juan Cole

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Airstrike On Fallujah Leaves 14 Dead

Airstrike On Fallujah Leaves 14 Dead

Airstrike on Fallujah Leaves 14 Dead Bombing in Tikrit, Kidnappings in Kirkuk AP reports that 14 died and 7 were wounded in an American airstrike […]

Juan Cole

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15 Killed Including Us Soldier Dozens

15 Killed Including Us Soldier Dozens

15 Killed, including a US Soldier; Dozens Wounded Minister of Justice Narrowly Escapes Guerrillas attempted but failed to assassinate the Iraqi Minister of Justice, Malik […]

Juan Cole

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Mahdi Army Evicted In Diwaniyah

Mahdi Army Evicted In Diwaniyah

Mahdi Army Evicted in Diwaniyah Sistani Reassures Kurds Iraqi National Guards evicted Mahdi Army fighters from a building that they had occupied in Diwaniyah on […]

Juan Cole

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Haug Interview With Cole Rob Haugs

Haug Interview With Cole Rob Haugs

Haug Interview with Cole Rob Haug’s interview of me for the University of Michigan publication, Michigan Today, is now on the Web.

Juan Cole

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