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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

03/07/2026 By Dialogue Earth

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30 Dead In Iraq Violence Ap Reports

30 Dead In Iraq Violence Ap Reports

30 Dead in Iraq Violence AP reports that the one-day total for war-related violence in Iraq, including the police station bombing in Tikrit reported here […]

Juan Cole

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Koufax Complete List Ive Gotten Around

Koufax Complete List Ive Gotten Around

Koufax Complete List I’ve gotten around to stealing code for the complete list of Koufax Award Winners at Wampum. Best Blog (Non-Sponsored): Daily Kos Best […]

Juan Cole

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Bomb Blasts In Tikrit Haglaniyah Mosul

Bomb Blasts In Tikrit Haglaniyah Mosul

Bomb Blasts in Tikrit, Haglaniyah, Mosul Produce Dozens of Casualties AP reports on violence in Iraq Tuesday: ‘ A car bomb exploded near police headquarters […]

Juan Cole

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Were Shiites Cheated And What Does

Were Shiites Cheated And What Does

Were the Shiites Cheated? And What does Allawi Want? Al-Hayat has a long interview with an “informed Iraqi source” who is close to US officials […]

Juan Cole

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Show Trials And Phony Confessions

Show Trials And Phony Confessions

Show Trials and Phony Confessions Target Syria AP reports on a televised confession of someone who said he was a Syrian agent in Iraq in […]

Juan Cole

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Association Of Muslim Scholars Denies

Association Of Muslim Scholars Denies

Association of Muslim Scholars Denies Negotiations with US Gilbert Achcar kindly supplied the following translation: The following interesting excerpt from today’s (Feb 23) Al-Hayat (my […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Blogging Nick Turse At

Iraq Blogging Nick Turse At

Iraq-Blogging Nick Turse at tomdispatch.com skewers Donald Rumsfeld’s various rhetorical strategies of evasion whenever he has been asked hard questions about Abu Ghraib, the situation […]

Juan Cole

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Germans Trust Putin More Than Bush

Germans Trust Putin More Than Bush

Germans Trust Putin More than Bush Frank Domoney kindly sends his translation of a Die Welt article that reports that over-all, the German public trusts […]

Juan Cole

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Koufax Awards Koufax Awards Have Been

Koufax Awards Koufax Awards Have Been

Koufax Awards The Koufax Awards have been announced. Many, many thanks to readers who voted mine the best “Expert Blog” and made my piece, “If […]

Juan Cole

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