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Posted by: theoptimisticconservative | March 23, 2015

Empire: The Iran edition

Khamenei, with combat mosque, broods over Baghdad's Tahrir Square, Mar 2015. (Image: AFP, Ahmad al-Rubaye, via IBTimes)

Khamenei, with combat mosque, broods over Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, Mar 2015. (Image: AFP, Ahmad al-Rubaye, via IBTimes)

New post up at Liberty Unyielding. Enjoy!

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Posted in General military, Great power geopolitics, History, Islam, Political commentary, Terrorism, US Foreign policy, War | Tags: Abbasid caliphate, Ali Younesi, Arab world, Ayatollah Khamenei, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, Baghdad, Caliph Umar, Euphrates corridor, Firdaus Square Baghdad, Geopolitics, ghosts of Diyala, Hassan Rouhani, Imam Ali, Imam Ali mosque, Imam Ali shrine, International security, Iran, Iran reestablishes Persian empire, Iranian campaign Diyala, Iraq, ISIS jihadist group, Islamic conquest of Persia, Islamism, Kufa, Middle East, Military, Najaf, Persian empire, Samarra, Strategy, Tahrir Square Baghdad, Terrorism, The West

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He is running! Ted Cruz – A Time for Truth

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