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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

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Allawi Accused Of Murdering Prisoners

Allawi Accused Of Murdering Prisoners

Allawi Accused of Murdering Prisoners Paul McGeough, Chief Sydney Morning Herald Correspondent, in Baghdad reports that eyewitnesses are saying Iyad Allawi personally executed several prisoners […]

Juan Cole

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32 Killed In Separate Incidents Dozens

32 Killed In Separate Incidents Dozens

32 Killed in Separate Incidents, Dozens Wounded Foreign Ministry Security Chief Assassinated Wire services report that 32 Iraqis died in violence on Thursday. Guerrillas assassinated […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Boys Sodomized At Abu Ghuraib

Iraqi Boys Sodomized At Abu Ghuraib

Iraqi Boys Sodomized at Abu Ghuraib: Hersh Sy Hersh, the journalist who broke the Abu Ghuraib prison torture scandal, told an American Civil Liberties Union […]

Juan Cole

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Some 22 Killed Dozens Wounded In

Some 22 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Bloody Day in Iraq

Juan Cole

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How Clean Has Blair Come Although John

How Clean Has Blair Come Although John

How Clean has Blair Come? Although John Edwards argued Wednesday that President Bush had not taken responsibility for the intelligence failures about Iraqi weapons of […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrs Mahdi Army Regrouping Ann Scott

Sadrs Mahdi Army Regrouping Ann Scott

Sadr’s Mahdi Army Regrouping Ann Scott Tyson of the Christian Science Monitor has a fine piece today on how Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia is regrouping and […]

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American Islam David Crumm Religion

American Islam David Crumm, religion correspondent of the Detroit Free Press, has written a highly significant portrait of Sheikh Hasan Qazwini, a key Shiite cleric […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush Yet Again President

Arguing With Bush Yet Again President

Arguing with Bush yet Again President Bush gave a speech on Tuesday in which he made specific claims about how the United States is safer […]

Juan Cole

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7 Die In Green Zone Bombing Olympic

7 Die in Green Zone Bombing Olympic Head Avoids Assassination Reuters reports that guerrillas killed at least 7 persons with a car bomb at the […]

Juan Cole

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