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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

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Bombs In Downtown Baghdad Two Iraqi

Bombs in downtown Baghdad; Two Iraqi Police Wounded Guerrillas fired mortars at US troops in Tikrit early on Tuesday but failed to inflict any casualties. […]

Juan Cole

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Sa 14 Used In Attack On Dhl Plane

SA-14 used in Attack on DHL Plane A videotape of guerrillas’ attack on the DHL plane at Baghdad airport was given to a French reporter […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa Trumped Bremer Rajiv

Sistani’s Fatwa trumped Bremer Rajiv Chandrasekharan has a wonderful article in the Washington Post on the way Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s fatwa of June 28 […]

Juan Cole

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Igc Cant Let Go Some Members Of Interim

Igc Cant Let Go Some Members Of Interim

IGC Can’t Let Go Some members of the Interim Governing Council, which was set to be dissolved in June on the election of a new […]

Juan Cole

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Banning Al Arabiya Real Reason That Al

Banning Al Arabiya Real Reason That Al

Banning al-Arabiya The real reason that al-Arabiya satellite television is being banned in Iraq is not that it showed videotapes of Saddam, but that it […]

Juan Cole

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Halliburton Accused Of Gouging

Halliburton Accused Of Gouging

Halliburton accused of Gouging According to AFP, three Democratic leaders in Congress are charging Halliburton with gouging US taxpayers by charging $2.65 per gallon to […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Us Troops Humiliation Only Un

Al Hakim Us Troops Humiliation Only Un

al-Hakim: US Troops a Humiliation: Only a UN Resolution Can Authorize Them AFP reports that the leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Only Real Solution Is Immediate

Muqtada Only Real Solution Is Immediate

Muqtada: The Only Real Solution is Immediate US Withdrawal John Daniszewski of the LA Times has an interview with Muqtada al-Sadr about the new plans […]

Juan Cole

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Why Breaking Up Iraq Is Very Very Bad

Why Breaking Up Iraq Is Very Very Bad

Why Breaking up Iraq is a Very, Very Bad Idea Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council for Foreign Affairs and a former NYT […]

Juan Cole

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