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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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Two Coalition Troops Killed Two Wounded

Two Coalition Troops Killed Two Wounded

Two Coalition Troops Killed, two Wounded Guerrillas exploded a roadside bomb in Baghdad late Monday night, killing one US soldier and wounding two others. A […]

Juan Cole

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Saddam Is Sinful Aggressor And American

Saddam Is Sinful Aggressor And American

Saddam is a sinful Aggressor and the American Forces are Guests in Iraq: Muqtada Trans. J. Cole The prominent Shiite Iraqi leader Muqtada al-Sadr called […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer Students Faculty May Travel

Bremer Students Faculty May Travel

Bremer: Students, Faculty may Travel Freely Abroad US civil administrator of Iraq Paul Bremer abrogated all restrictions on the travel abroad of students and faculty […]

Juan Cole

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Gonul We Can Go In Anytime Turkish

Gonul We Can Go In Anytime Turkish

Gonul: We can Go in Anytime Turkish Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul said Tuesday that Turkey retains the right to send reinforcements for its troops […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Dead In Tikrit One Wounded

1 Us Soldier Dead In Tikrit One Wounded

1 US Soldier Dead in Tikrit, One Wounded; Baghdad Shaken by blasts Guerrillas detonated an improvised explosive device near Tikrit on Monday, killing one soldier […]

Juan Cole

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Bomb In Karbala Kills 3 Wounds 12 Car

Bomb In Karbala Kills 3 Wounds 12 Car

Bomb in Karbala kills 3, wounds 12 A car bomb exploded in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Monday not far from the sacred […]

Juan Cole

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Chief Judge Of Najaf Kidnapped Executed

Chief Judge Of Najaf Kidnapped Executed

Chief Judge of Najaf, Kidnapped, Executed; Baghdad Official Killed The chief judge in the Shiite shrine city of Najaf was kidnapped Monday, taken to the […]

Juan Cole

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Barwari Half Of Iraqis Lack Clean Water

Barwari Half Of Iraqis Lack Clean Water

Barwari: Half of Iraqis lack Clean Water Nasrin Barwari, interim Minister of Municipalities and Public Works, said that half of Iraq’s 25 million people had […]

Juan Cole

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Police Riot In Basra About 200 Police

Police Riot In Basra About 200 Police

Police Riot in Basra About 200 police gathered in front of the British Headquarters in Basra Monday to protest a reduction in their salaries from […]

Juan Cole

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