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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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Chalabi Rides Again My article on Ahmad Chalabi and his revived connections to the Bush administration and the Neocons is at Salon.com. Excerpt: On the […]

Juan Cole

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Terrorists Strike Hotels In Amman

Terrorists Strike Hotels In Amman

Terrorists Strike Hotels in Amman Suicide bombers struck three tourist hotels in Amman, Jordan on Thursday, killing at least 67 persons and wounding nearly 200. […]

Juan Cole

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Baghdad Bombs Kill 13 Wound 34

Baghdad Bombs Kill 13 Wound 34

Baghdad Bombs kill 13, wound 34; Divisions among Jihadis AFP reports that “13 people, including seven Iraqi policemen and six civilians, were killed and 34 […]

Juan Cole

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Kashmir Victims 80000 May Die 3

Kashmir Victims: 80,000 May Die; 3 Million Homeless Disasters in South Asia are Himalayan compared to our own. Three million persons have been made homeless […]

Juan Cole

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Stevenson On Riots In France Roger

Stevenson On Riots In France Roger

Stevenson on Riots in France Roger Stevenson kindly writes: “Thanks so much for your thoughtful and enlightened piece on the riots that are currently besetting […]

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Judith Miller Fired From New York

Judith Miller Fired From New York

Judith Miller fired from New York Times Lynne Duke examines the issues around the departure of Judith Miller from the NYT. Toward the end, she […]

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Problem With Frenchness Readers Have

Problem With Frenchness Readers Have

The Problem with Frenchness Readers have asked me for comment about the riots in France that have now provoked emergency laws and a curfew. What […]

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Saddam Attorney Assassinated Reuters

Saddam Attorney Assassinated Reuters

Saddam Attorney Assassinated Reuters reports that another attorney working for Saddam’s defense team was assassinated on Tuesday. It is obvious that Saddam cannot be properly […]

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Chalabi And Abdul Mahdi Informed

Chalabi and Abdul Mahdi An informed reader writes: ‘ There appears to be some Bush Administration disarray in relation to the candidates for Iraqi Prime […]

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