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Archives for November 2003

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Preachers Denounce Igc Sistani Calls

Preachers Denounce Igc Sistani Calls

Juan Cole

Preachers denounce IGC; Sistani calls for Disarming of the Militias Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called Friday for the country’s militias to be disarmed. He said a new Iraqi army needed to be established as soon as possible, and that the soldiers of the old army should be called back to duty where they had not […]

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Baath Guerrillas Call For 3 Day Strike

Baath Guerrillas Call For 3 Day Strike

Juan Cole

Baath Guerrillas Call for 3-day Strike Sunni Arab nationalists passed around fliers Friday warning government employees, shopkeepers and bus and cab drivers to stay home over the weekend. “Anyone who does not take this seriously will be responsible for his life and his possessions.” http://wvgazette.com/ section/News/2003103126

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Washington Post Profiles Followers Of

Washington Post Profiles Followers Of

Juan Cole

Washington Post Profiles Followers of Muqtada Anthony Shadid discusses the appeal of Muqtada and the politics of anti-Occupation sentiment in the slums of East Baghdad. One Shiite told him that if Muqtada weren’t there, and someone else called for an immediate end of the occupation, he would follow him. http://msnbc.com/news/987346.asp?cp1=1

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Wp Crackdown On Muqtada Al Sadr

Wp Crackdown On Muqtada Al Sadr

Juan Cole

WP: Crackdown on Muqtada al-Sadr Imminent David Ignatius argues that the US still plans to crack down on Shiite radical Muqtada al-Sadr and his movement. He says the Pentagon feels that in the firefights between the Sadrist Army of the Mahdi and US troops recently in East Baghdad and Karbala, Muqtada “crossed a line.” They […]

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