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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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Michigan Delegates Excluded From Democratic Convention

Michigan Delegates Excluded From Democratic Convention

A specter haunts the Democratic Party, and it is the exclusion of Michigan and Florida delegates from the Democratic Convention. Both the Republican and the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Gul: Turkey Can Invade At Will; Sunnis Back in Parliament Violence Against Civilians in Basra Undiminished

Gul: Turkey Can Invade At Will; Sunnis Back in Parliament Violence Against Civilians in Basra Undiminished

Turkish President Abdullah Gul reaffirmed Sunday that Turkey has the right to make incursions into Iraq to retaliate against attacks on Turks by the Kurdish […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Slammed for Opposing Nawaz

Bush Slammed for Opposing Nawaz

A Pakistani newspaper has accused George W. Bush of thinking that Nawaz Sharif of the Muslim League-N is a Muslim fundamentalist, and of expressing worries […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sunnis Walk out of Parliament Turks Claim Artillery Barrages against Kurdish Guerrillas 2 US Soldiers Killed

Sunnis Walk out of Parliament Turks Claim Artillery Barrages against Kurdish Guerrillas 2 US Soldiers Killed

The detention by US troops of the bodyguards and son of Adnan Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Napoleon’s Egypt at Firedoglake

Napoleon’s Egypt at Firedoglake

At the Firedoglake blog, Swopa will be hosting a book Salon on Sunday starting at 2 pm EST on my Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle […]

Juan Cole

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Save the Internet, Preserve Internet Liberty

Save the Internet, Preserve Internet Liberty

We all know the drawbacks of corporate news outlets, and the great blessing that the internet represents for grassroots organizing and information sharing. But of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Dulaimi’s Son Arrested on Terror Charges Turkish Military Greenlighted to raid into Iraq

Dulaimi’s Son Arrested on Terror Charges Turkish Military Greenlighted to raid into Iraq

The US military arrested Makki Dulaimi, the son of prominent Sunni Arab politician Adnan Dulaimi, on Friday, along with 40-odd security guards. The US soldiers […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Saudis Foil Plots by Radicals; Parliament balks at Maliki Appointment; Parliament Condemns Kurdish Oil Deals

Saudis Foil Plots by Radicals; Parliament balks at Maliki Appointment; Parliament Condemns Kurdish Oil Deals

The dangers for the region and the world of the continued radicalization of Arab youth via the US presence in Iraq were demonstrated this week […]

Juan Cole

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Elbaradei: An Attack on Iran would Guarantee that it Gets Nukes

Elbaradei: An Attack on Iran would Guarantee that it Gets Nukes

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in an Argentinian newspaper with International Atomic Energy Agency head, Mohamed Elbaradei, on how to deal with […]

Juan Cole

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