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Archives for April 2004

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More On Senate Foreign Relations

More On Senate Foreign Relations

Juan Cole

More on Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony: Cole and Dodge Here are oral comments of myself and Toby Dodge last Tuesday at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Senator Lugar: . . . Dr. Dodge. MR. DODGE: Well, thank you very much for the invitation to present here today. It’s a great sorrow that it’s […]

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Perle At Senate Committee On Foreign

Perle At Senate Committee On Foreign

Juan Cole

Perle at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations It was quite an experience to be on the same panel on Tuesday with Richard Perle and Toby Dodge, before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Perle wasn’t added until the last minute, and it is mysterious why he was there, since ours was supposed to […]

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Brahimi Criticizes Us Bias Toward

Brahimi Criticizes Us Bias Toward

Juan Cole

Brahimi Criticizes US Bias Toward Israel Al-Hayat reports that UN special envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi remarked on Wednesday that it was unjust for the US to show such a strong bias in favor of Israeli repression, and that it was making his job in Iraq more difficult. Roula Khalaf also describes in the Financial […]

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Jaafari Suggests To Muqtada That He Go

Jaafari Suggests To Muqtada That He Go

Juan Cole

Jaafari Suggests to Muqtada that he go into Exile az-Zaman reports from Najaf that informed sources are saying that the chief intermediary between the Coalition and Muqtada al-Sadr right now is the leader of the al-Da`wa Party, Ibrahim Jaafari, who is presently in Najaf. The sources said that Jaafari met al-Sadr on Wednesday and suggested […]

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Cole Testimony At Senate Foreign

Cole Testimony At Senate Foreign

Juan Cole

Cole Testimony at Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 20 US Mistakes in Iraq by Juan Cole Testimony before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 20, 2004 This brief addresses three areas. First, what mistakes have been made in the Coalition administration of Iraq, and why? Second, what is the current situation? Third, what steps can […]

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Basra Toll Rises To 68 Dead 238 Wounded

Basra Toll Rises To 68 Dead 238 Wounded

Juan Cole

Basra Toll rises to 68 Dead, 238 Wounded, Including Children Riyadh Shaken by Blasts, As Well The horrific series of bombings at police stations in Basra have also killed or injured large numbers of civilians, including children, and cast a pall of dread over the southern port city. Basra had been spared major violence during […]

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Has Al Khoei Family Intervened On

Has Al Khoei Family Intervened On

Juan Cole

Has the al-Khoei Family Intervened on Muqtada’s Behalf? Received the following from an Iraqi reader: ‘ My uncle in Baghdad who is absolutely not a supporter of Moqtada tells me that the Al-Koei family has jointly written a letter to the CPA stating that they do not hold Moqtada responsible for the mob that killed […]

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Whitaker On Progressive Islam Brian

Whitaker On Progressive Islam Brian

Juan Cole

Whitaker on Progressive Islam Brian Whitaker looks at the struggle in the Muslim world between progressives and authoritarians. He makes the good point: ‘Before jumping to conclusions about why this might be, it is worth noting that the same could have been said of Roman Catholic countries about 35 years ago. A look at the […]

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40 Dead As Blasts Rip Basra Police

40 Dead As Blasts Rip Basra Police

Juan Cole

40 Dead as Blasts Rip Basra Police Stations; Renewed Fighting at Fallujah AP is reporting that three huge bombs went off at 3 different police stations in the southern city of Basra almost at the same time on Wednesday and that “many casualties were reported.’ ‘ At one station in the Saudia district of Basra, […]

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