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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

03/07/2026 By Arnold Oliver

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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Iraqis Condemn Israeli Attacks Both

Iraqis Condemn Israeli Attacks Both Sunni and Shiite clerics and politicians condemned the Israeli attack on Lebanon on Friday. The Friday sermons were thunderous. Money […]

Juan Cole

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Is Arab Spring Turning To Dust Under

Is Arab Spring Turning To Dust Under

Is the Arab Spring turning to Dust under Israeli Bombardment? Petroleum hit $76.70 a barrel on Thursday, a record high price, in reaction to the […]

Juan Cole

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Mashhadani Jews Source Of All Iraqs

Mashhadani Jews Source Of All Iraqs

Mashhadani: Jews the Source of all Iraq’s Problems And, remember how the Bush administration trumpeted the December 2005 elections in Iraq and the joining in […]

Juan Cole

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Muqdadiyah Massacre Of Shiites Baghdad

Muqdadiyah Massacre Of Shiites Baghdad

Muqdadiyah Massacre of Shiites Baghdad Sunni Neighborhoods Organize Militias At Muqdadiyah, a mixed Sunni-Shiite town north of Baghdad, guerrillas came to a bus station, separated […]

Juan Cole

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Beginning Of New War Will It Spill

Beginning Of New War Will It Spill

The Beginning of a New War? Will it Spill over on Iraq? All hell broke loose on Wednesday in the Mideast, with a Hizbullah attack […]

Juan Cole

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Of Mushrooms And Peak Experiences

Of Mushrooms And Peak Experiences

Of Mushrooms and Peak Experiences The magic mushrooms really do work. Depending on what you mean by “work.” I suspect that these mushrooms were used […]

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190 Dead In Mumbai Train Bombings

190 Dead In Mumbai Train Bombings

190 Dead in Mumbai Train Bombings The likelihood is that the sophisticated coordinated attack on the trains in India’s western commercial hub of Mumbai (Bombay) […]

Juan Cole

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Over 60 Dead As Faith Based Killings

Over 60 Dead As Faith Based Killings

Over 60 Dead as Faith-Based Killings Continue Kurds to the Rescue? By my count, nearly 200 Iraqis have been killed in civil war violence during […]

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Gaza Crisis Israeli Air Force Bombed

Gaza Crisis The Israeli air force bombed a civilian Palestinian house that they said was being used to plot out terrorist attacks. As a home, […]

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