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Archives for October 2003

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10000 Turkish Troops For Tikrit Region

Juan Cole

10,000 Turkish Troops for Tikrit region According to al-Zaman, the Turkish government is considering sending 10,000 troops to Iraq, many of which will be deployed in the Tikrit region (the birthplace of Saddam Hussein). The US military apparently hopes that Sunni Muslim troops like the Turks will be able to deal with the resistance in […]

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Sunni Shiite Battles Not Unknown Hamza

Juan Cole

Sunni-Shiite Battles Not Unknown Hamza Hendawi of the Associated Press filed a story on the life and death of the radical Sunni, Muhammad Salem Abu Bakr, who grew to hate Shiites after the fall of Saddam. When he gloated about the death of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim on Aug. 29, a mob of Shiites gathered […]

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Anglo American Occupation Committing

Juan Cole

Anglo-American Occupation committing Illegalities? Just as the Iraq War was beginning, Tony Blair’s top legal adviser, Lord Goldsmith, presented him with a memo warning that the proposed Anglo-American occupation risked violating international law. Military occupations are governed by the Hague Regulations of 1907 and by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. These documents, and international […]

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References Httpwww_01

Juan Cole

References: http://www.csmonitor.com/ 2003/1001/p01s02-woiq.html See http://www.azcentral.com/news/ articles/0930IraqConflict30-ON.html

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