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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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Cheney Coup Detat And Death Of Crassus

Cheney Coup Detat And Death Of Crassus

A Cheney Coup D’Etat? And the Death of Crassus in Iraq I knew that Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of […]

Juan Cole

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British Kill 6 Injure 11 In Amarah

British Kill 6 Injure 11 In Amarah

British Kill 6, Injure 11 in Amarah Unemployment Riots Crowds gathered in Amara Saturday to protest continued joblessness and also to indicate their displeasure with […]

Juan Cole

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Kurds Win On Loose Federalism In Igcs

Kurds Win On Loose Federalism In Igcs

Kurds win on Loose Federalism in IGC’s Fundamental Law Kurdish Interim Governing Council member Dara Nour Eddine announced that the IGC had agreed to put […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Wounds 37 Kills 5 At Shiite

Bombing Wounds 37 Kills 5 At Shiite

Bombing Wounds 37, Kills 5 at Shiite Mosque in Baqubah The WP reports that on Friday in the eastern city of Baqubah, guerrillas detonated a […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Igc Will Invite Un Election

Al Hakim Igc Will Invite Un Election

al-Hakim: IGC will Invite UN Election Commission to Iraq Abdul Aziz al-Hakim met Thursday with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf, and afterwards announced that […]

Juan Cole

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Igc Will Implement Islamic Law In

Igc Will Implement Islamic Law In

IGC Will Implement Islamic Law in Personal Status Earlier this year, the Interim Governing Council abolished secularism. This is an item I hadn’t come across […]

Juan Cole

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9 Us Soldiers Killed In Helicopter

9 Us Soldiers Killed In Helicopter

9 US Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Downing AP reports that the Blackhawk helicopter downed on Thursday near Fallujah was hit by a rocket. It was […]

Juan Cole

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Pachachi Fundamental Law To Be Drafted

Pachachi Fundamental Law To Be Drafted

Pachachi: Fundamental Law to be Drafted by Jan. 31 This month’s president of the Interim Governing Council, Adnan Pachachi, said in a Thursday news conference […]

Juan Cole

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No Wmd

No Wmd

No WMD. Nada. Bupkes*. A message of mine replying to the argument that Iraq did have some WMD but that its nuclear program was not […]

Juan Cole

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