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Archives for June 2004

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Tenet Resigns I Have No Inside Sources

Tenet Resigns I Have No Inside Sources

Juan Cole

Tenet Resigns I have no inside sources on why George Tenet just resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But I can think of three reasons for which he ought to have resigned. First, it was announced on Wednesday that President George W. Bush had retained counsel with regard to the Plame investigation. Last […]

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Shiites Disgruntled With Caretaker

Shiites Disgruntled With Caretaker

Juan Cole

Shiites Disgruntled with Caretaker Government James Drummond reports for the Financial Times that al-Da`wa and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) have expressed dissatisfaction at how the caretaker government was formed. These two major Shiite political groupings just got one post each. Ibrahim Jaafari of al-Da`wa is one of two vice presidents, […]

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14 Dead In Iraq More Fighting Between

14 Dead In Iraq More Fighting Between

Juan Cole

14 Dead in Iraq; More Fighting between Sadrists and US Troops; Between a huge car bomb in Adhamiyah in Baghdad (which killed 4 and wounded many others) and new clashes with US troops, some 14 Iraqis died in violence on Wednesday. Guerillas also targetting a big US military arms depot in Kirkuk, setting off a […]

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Chalabi Spy Case James Risen And David

Chalabi Spy Case James Risen And David

Juan Cole

Chalabi Spy Case James Risen and David Johnston have a story in the New York Times on Wednesday about the spying charges against Ahmad Chalabi. He is accused of passing to Iran the highly classified information that the US had broken Iranian codes. Although the Iranians use a number of cyptographic systems, and couldn’t know […]

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Making Americans Safer Frankly Idiotic

Making Americans Safer Frankly Idiotic

Juan Cole

Making Americans Safer The frankly idiotic US battles fought near Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala have created a new, seething rage toward the US in many Shiite Muslim communities throughout the world. The riots in Karachi on Tuesday, protesting a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan’s major port, involved setting fire to American […]

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New Proposal For Mahdi Army In Najaf

New Proposal For Mahdi Army In Najaf

Juan Cole

New Proposal for Mahdi Army in Najaf A new proposal has emerged for dealing with the stand-off in Najaf, whereby the US troops will withdraw from the city to their bases and Mahdi Army fighters will be amnestied for 72 hours to allow them to leave Najaf. This plan is intended to salvage a cease-fire […]

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Revised Text Of U

Revised Text Of U

Juan Cole

Revised text of U.N. draft resolution on Iraq proposed by United States and Britain (Via Associated Press): “The United States and Britain circulated the following revised draft U.N. resolution on Iraq to Security Council members Monday:” The Security Council, Marking a new phase in Iraq’s transition to a democratically elected government, and looking forward to […]

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More On Ghazi Al Yawar Fro_108612255968768028

More On Ghazi Al Yawar Fro_108612255968768028

Juan Cole

More on Ghazi al-Yawar From an informed Iraqi reader: I thought I’d tell you a little bit about Ghazi Al-Yawer’s background. He’s a very good guy, and highly educated by Shammar standards. He is, however, only the nephew of the paramount shaykh (his uncle Muhsin) and not a big shaykh on his own. His uncle […]

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Washingtonpost

Washingtonpost

Juan Cole

Washingtonpost.com: Iraq: New Government Takes Over The Washington Post online kindly had me on for an online discussion of the developments in Iraq today. For those who’ve asked for advance notice, I’ll be on the Lehrer News Hour Tuesday evening.

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