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Archives for February 2005

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Guerrillas Kill Us Soldier Cbc Reports

Guerrillas Kill Us Soldier Cbc Reports

Juan Cole

Guerrillas Kill US Soldier The CBC reports that ” Roadside bombs killed a U.S. soldier and three Iraqi National Guard troops Monday and officials said insurgents blew up an oil pipeline near Kirkuk and killed two senior police officers in Baghdad. Political leaders, meanwhile, sized up their positions in a new government. “ [Was swamped […]

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Hariri Killed In Huge Car Bombing In

Hariri Killed In Huge Car Bombing In

Juan Cole

Hariri Killed in Huge Car Bombing in Beirut Echoes of the bad old days reverberated through Beirut Monday when a powerful car bomb was detonated in front of the St. Georges Hotel, killing former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri and several others, and wounding dozens. Surrounding buildings took significant damage. A shadowy and previously unknown […]

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Shiites Take Absolute Majority In

Shiites Take Absolute Majority In

Juan Cole

Shiites Take Absolute Majority in Parliament Iran Scores Victory in the Iraqi Elections Lebanese Broadcasting Co.’s satellite television news is reporting that the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), comprising Shiite religious parties, has won an absolute majority (141 seats) after adjustments were made in accordance with electoral procedure. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the list leader, expressed his […]

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Ams On Its Role In Forcing Elections

Ams On Its Role In Forcing Elections

Juan Cole

AMS on its Role in Forcing Elections Thanks to Gilbert Ashcar for kindly sharing and permitting the reprinting of his translation of this recent article from al-Hayat, which is revealing of attitudes in the Sunni fundamentalist group, the Association of Muslim Scholars. Al-Kubaisi to “Al-Hayat”: The Resistance Forced the Americans to Form the Governing Council […]

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Committee To Protect Bloggers

Committee To Protect Bloggers

Juan Cole

Committee to Protect Bloggers The Committee to Protect Bloggers is proposing a special campaign for imprisoned Iranian bloggers on Tuesday, February 22. This is a great idea.

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Platform Of Al Hakims Leader Of United

Platform Of Al Hakims Leader Of United

Juan Cole

Platform of the Al-Hakims The leader of the United Iraqi Alliance, which is likely to have a majority of seats in parliament when the smoke clears, is Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. He is the successor and younger brother of Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim (assassinated August 29, 2003). This is the program announced by the latter on his […]

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Distribution Of Seats In Iraqi

Distribution Of Seats In Iraqi

Juan Cole

Distribution of Seats in Iraqi Parliament Al-Hayat [Arabic link] has printed the number of seats won by all the small parties in the Iraqi elections. The total number of seats is 275. What it shows is that the religious Shiites easily have a majority if they pull in a few small parties. I count 6 […]

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Shiites Kurds Win Big Bush Loses

Shiites Kurds Win Big Bush Loses

Juan Cole

Shiites, Kurds, win Big Bush Loses Election in Iraq Some key election results are now being reported for Iraq. The statistics available point to about 8.5 million voters out of an eligible 14 million. The electoral commission said that the turnout was 58 percent. The Sunni Arabs (20 percent of the population and the former […]

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Sciri Sweeps Provincial Elections In

Sciri Sweeps Provincial Elections In

Juan Cole

SCIRI Sweeps Provincial Elections in South There is a rumor going around that interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has formed a parliamentary coaltion with the Kurds in a bid to create a government, which requires a 2/3s majority in parliament. If the United Iraqi Alliance gets more than about 36 percent of the seats, however, […]

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