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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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Iraqi Analyst Resistance Is Nationalist

Iraqi Analyst Resistance Is Nationalist

Iraqi Analyst: Resistance is Nationalist, Not Foreign According to al-Jazeera, Baghdad U. Political Scientist Salman al-Jumaili reports that the majority of attacks on Coalition forces […]

Juan Cole

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References Httpwww

References Httpwww

References http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ archives/week_2003_11_09.html#002196 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/articles/A28318-2003Nov11.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/ 0,2933,102823,00.html http://www.medact.org/tbx/pages/ http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s987254.htm http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ 61180572-880F-4712-AC8E-CCC0E16BFDBE.htm”

Juan Cole

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Further Instability In Iraq Guerrillas

Further Instability In Iraq Guerrillas

Further instability in Iraq Guerrillas hit a convoy at Iskandariya, killing one American soldier. Guerrillas exploded an improvised bomb along the side of the street […]

Juan Cole

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British Fear Uprising After One Year

British Fear Uprising After One Year

British Fear Uprising after One Year The British authorities in the Iraqi south are desperately afraid that the Americans are going to dawdle around so […]

Juan Cole

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Wave Of Assassinations In Basra Dozens

Wave Of Assassinations In Basra Dozens

Wave of Assassinations in Basra Dozens of prominent Iraqis have recently been assassinated in Basra, according to az-Zaman. The paper says that a few of […]

Juan Cole

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Hundreds Demonstrate In Sadr City

Hundreds Demonstrate In Sadr City

Hundreds demonstrate in Sadr City Against US American troops appear accidentally to have killed a municipal leader of a neighborhood in East Baghdad whom they […]

Juan Cole

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Islamic Party Puts Hopes In Syria

Islamic Party Puts Hopes In Syria

Islamic Party puts hopes in Syria Muhsin Abdul Hamid, leader of the Islamic Party of Iraq, gave an interview to al-Hayat about his meetings in […]

Juan Cole

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Us Ignorance Created Quagmire In

Us Ignorance Created Quagmire In

US Ignorance Created the Quagmire in Fallujah Journalist Hazim al-Amin reports in al-Hayat that Fallujah and Ramadi strike him as almost identical in most ways. […]

Juan Cole

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Us Clashes With Pkk In Iraq Turks

Us Clashes With Pkk In Iraq Turks

US Clashes with PKK in Iraq; Turks Complain of Lack of Influence Turkish Chief of Staff Hilmi Ozkok has complained that the US is showing […]

Juan Cole

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