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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

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Christian-Muslim Riot in Egypt Coptic protests in Alexandria, Egypt, got so out of control on Saturday–turning into a Christian-Muslim riot– that Egyptian police intervened to […]

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Guerrilla Attack Kills 2wounds 22

Guerrilla Attack Kills 2,Wounds 22 Marines in Anbar Sunni Mosques Bombed in Baqubah US Marines appear to have fought a major engagement with a company […]

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Retired Generals Besiege Rumsfeld

Retired Generals Besiege Rumsfeld Retired Major General John Batiste said Friday of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, “We went to war with a flawed plan […]

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65000 Displaced In Iraq 52 Killed And

65,000 Displaced in Iraq 52 Killed and Another Shiite Shrine Blown Up Major violence in Iraq on Thursday: *Guerrillas set off three bombs in Baqubah, […]

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Kiriyenko Irans Method Unfeasible For

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65 Killed Including At Shiite Mosque

65 Killed, including at a Shiite Mosque Pachachi calls Parliament A car bomb killed 30 and wounded 70 near a Shiite mosque in Huwaidir, near […]

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Poll Bush Cant Be Trusted On Iran Good

Poll: Bush Can’t be Trusted on Iran The good news is that a majority of Americans does not trust George W. Bush to deal with […]

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Top Reasons You Wouldn’t Want a Mobile Biological Weapons Lab Not only did Bush and Cheney and Libby tell bare-faced lies about the alleged “mobile […]

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50 Dead In Violence Jaafari Refuses To

50 Dead in Violence Jaafari Refuses to Step Down Robert H. Reid of AP reports on deaths in Iraq on Tuesday: * The US announced […]

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