Archives for March 2006

Salon: Iraq’s worst week — and Bush’s Cole in the Chronicle My essay at Salon.com this week is: Iraq’s worst week — and Bush’s As Americans finally begin to grasp the magnitude of the Iraq catastrophe, Bush’s popularity hits a new low. By Juan Cole Here is an excerpt: “The catastrophe in Iraq, the scope […]

Deadly Sectarian Violence kills 76, Wounds 179 Talabani Condemns Jaafari for Turkey Visit The Los Angeles Times estimates the dead in various attacks throughout Iraq on Tuesday at 76, with 179 wounded. Details are below. In the meantime, the glacial political process among top Iraqi politicians was roiled on Tuesday by a confrontation between President […]

Bush Ignored own National Intelligence Estimate on Danger, Nature of Iraq Insurgency Or, Ozymandias and Empire Knight Ridder reports that US intelligence agencies warned Bush in the summer and fall of 2003 that the guerrilla war was growing in strength, was mostly local, and was fueled in part by the big US military footprint in […]