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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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Istanbul Synagogue Bombing Kills 22, wounds 242 My money is on al-Qaeda as the culprits in the two massive car bombs that went off in […]

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4 Americans Killed In Iraq Guerrillas

4 Americans Killed In Iraq Guerrillas

4 Americans Killed in Iraq Guerrillas killed two soldiers and wounded three with an explosive charge aimed at their convoy north of Baghdad on Friday. […]

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Us Moves To Hand Sovereignty To Iraqis

Us Moves To Hand Sovereignty To Iraqis

US moves to Hand Sovereignty to Iraqis by June; Well, Sort of We now know what the anonymous Arab diplomat meant when he told the […]

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Muqtada Al Sadr Praises New Transition

Muqtada Al Sadr Praises New Transition

Muqtada al-Sadr Praises New Transition to an Iraqi Government Young Shiite radical Muqtada al-Sadr, in his Friday Prayers sermon at Kufa, also praised the new […]

Juan Cole

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Riot In Samawah Ap Reported That

Riot In Samawah Ap Reported That

Riot in Samawah AP reported that demonstrators threw rocks in downtown Samawah, protesting alleged police corruption. Iraqi police tried to deal with the rally by […]

Juan Cole

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Fateful Us Choices In Iraq Rory

Fateful Us Choices In Iraq Rory

Fateful US Choices in Iraq Rory McCarthy, writing for the Guardian from Baghdad, has outlined the new policy options facing Paul Bremer now that his […]

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Blackwill Nsc Tapped To Take Over Iraq

Blackwill Nsc Tapped To Take Over Iraq

Blackwill, NSC tapped to take over Iraq from Rumsfeld Reliable diplomatic sources in New York have told al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper that the Bush administration has […]

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New Poll Shows Public Thinks It Was

New Poll Shows Public Thinks It Was

New Poll Shows Public thinks it was Misled on Iraq From The Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland: “No Clear Consensus […]

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Move To Early Turnover Of Civil

Move To Early Turnover Of Civil

Move to Early Turnover of Civil Authority in Iraq? One outcome of Paul Bremer’s frantic consultations in Washington on the rapidly deteriorating Iraq situation appears […]

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