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“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
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“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

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Iraq Corruption at Pentagon Allegations of corruption have been raised against a Pentagon figure. He is said to have pressured the Coalition Provisional Authority to […]

Juan Cole

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Brahimi Plan Controversial Lakhdar Brahimi spoke further on Tuesday about his ideal plan for a caretaker government in the period June 30 – January 31, […]

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Muqtada And Fighters Defiant In Najaf

Muqtada and Fighters Defiant in Najaf Luke Harding of the Guardian managed to get to Kufa after the big battle there. He writes: ‘ These […]

Juan Cole

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AC-130s at Fallujah and Najaf (64 Sadrists Killed) I made the mistake of turning on the television in the middle of the day and was […]

Juan Cole

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Protest Letter of 52 British Former Diplomats to Blair on Iraq Policy The letter is worth reading in full, and probably it is also worth […]

Juan Cole

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More Violence In Iraq I Was At

More Violence in Iraq I was at a conference at Columbia on Monday and then traveling and so was away from news most of the […]

Juan Cole

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Shots Fired at Bulgarian President Parvanov Attacks Kill 9 in Iraq, Including 2 US Military Personnel Guerrillas directed fire at visiting Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov […]

Juan Cole

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Ex Baath Reservist Officers Recalled In

Ex-Baath Reservist Officers Recalled in Iraq Az-Zaman: The new minister of defense, Ali Allawi, has called upon all officers in the former Baath military reserves, […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons in Najaf Mosques, Schools AP reports that a US general has said that he will move US troops into a base just […]

Juan Cole

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