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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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Talabani Fears Baath Military Pentagon: No Military Progress in Iraq in Past Year Jalal Talabani told al-Hayat that he feared that the concerns among the […]

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Bush Is Liar 50 Of Americans Gallup

“Bush is a Liar”: 50% of Americans Gallup has found that half of Americans believe that President George W. Bush actively lied to them about […]

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Postcript On Blogging Matthew Haughey

Postcript On Blogging Matthew Haughey

Postcript on Blogging Matthew Haughey says his posting about being tired of seeing the phrase “mainstream media” used by bloggers was “tongue-in-cheek” and that we […]

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History Of Baghdad Abu Muslim And Al

History Of Baghdad Abu Muslim And Al

History of Baghdad: Abu Muslim and al-Mansur It is actually quite odd that despite the United States being in military occupation of Baghdad, there doesn’t […]

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Unbreaking News Just Saw Al Jazeerahs

Unbreaking News Just saw al-Jazeerah’s evening news and now they are reporting that there has been a last-minute glitch in Jaafari’s presentation of his cabinet […]

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Breaking News Jaafari Presents Cabinet

Breaking News: Jaafari presents Cabinet to Talabani The Scotsman reports that prospective Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari has presented his cabinet to President Jalal Talabani. Jaafari, […]

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Negotiations On Government Al Zaman

Negotiations On Government Al Zaman

Negotiations on Government Al-Zaman/ AFP /DPA says that the new Iraqi military exchanged fire with the Syrians Monday at the Iraqi-Syrian border. The outgoing Iraqi […]

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Mainstream Media And Bloggers Matthew

Mainstream Media And Bloggers Matthew

Mainstream Media and Bloggers Matthew Haughey says he won’t read our blogs if we use the term “mainstream media” (a.k.a. MSM). A news flash for […]

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Badr Corps Will Accept Ex Baathists

Badr Corps Will Accept Ex Baathists

Badr Corps Will Accept Ex-Baathists BBC Monitoring translates comments of Hadi al-Amiri in ash-Sharq al-Awsat for April 24: April 25, 2005 HEADLINE: HEAD OF IRAQI […]

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