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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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3 Us Troops Wounded 6 Iraqis Killed

3 US Troops Wounded, 6 Iraqis Killed Wire services report that guerrillas near Fallujah wounded three US troops with a roadside bomb on Thursday. Also […]

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Tomdispatch Rice And Beans Tom

Tomdispatch: “Rice and Beans” Tom Engelhardt of Tomdispatch.com discusses the odd maneuvering of the Bush administration around the testimony of National Security Adviser Condi Rice […]

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9 Americans Killed In And Around

9 Americans Killed in and around Fallujah; Bodies Desecrated The amount of violence against Americans on Wednesday was remarkable, with 5 US soldiers killed by […]

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Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands of Shiites Protest in Downtown Baghdad It wasn’t in the headlines in US media because of the violence in Fallujah, but several thousand angry […]

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Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi: No right of Return, Compensation for Iraqi Jews The Iraqi minister of Housing and Rebuilding, Bayan Baqir al-Zubaidi, denied Wednesday that the current Iraqi […]

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Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz of Baghdad? Rumors are flying around official Washington that the new US ambassador in Iraq as of July 1 will be Paul Wolfowitz. He […]

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8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8% of Iraqi academics have Fled, 1000 Professionals Assassinated in past Year Ahmad Janabi reports that ‘ More than 1000 leading Iraqi professionals and intellectuals […]

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Un Excluded From Overseeing Elections

UN Excluded from Overseeing Elections Al-Hayat reports that the Interim Governing Council (IGC) is rejecting any role for the United Nations in overseeing Iraqi elections […]

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Sistani Elections Must Be Held Soon Az

Sistani: Elections must be Held soon az-Zaman/Wire Services: A spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani says that elections must be held as soon as possible, […]

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