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Archives for September 2006

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36 Killed In Civil War Violence Al

Juan Cole

36 Killed in Civil War Violence Al- Karbala’i Backs Militias The small foreign Salafi terror group in Iraq had called on Thursday for more attacks on Americans in Iraq. Many Iraqi Sunni sermonizers distanced themselves from that call at Friday prayers. In Baghdad, a traffic ban was instituted to forestall car bombings of mosques while […]

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Cole In Salon

Juan Cole

Cole in Salon.com on Shiite-on-Shiite Violence My article, “Shiite vs. Shiite,” is out in Salon.com. excerpt: ‘ Among the best-selling jewelry items in Iraq today is a pendant consisting of a whole map of the country. It’s the symbol of a national unity many Iraqis see slipping away, because now even the majority Shiites are […]

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Iraqization Of Afghanistan Massive

Juan Cole

The Iraqization of Afghanistan A massive suicide car bomb very near the US embassy embassy in Kabul has left at least 3 dead, including Coalition soldiers. The resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan have begun actually taking and holding territory from time to time in the south. On Monday, Taliban had deployed a bomb that killed 17 […]

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Al Qaeda Gloats Over 911 New Videotape

Juan Cole

Al-Qaeda Gloats over 9/11 A new videotape surfaced on Aljazeera Thursday showing Usamah Bin Laden with Ramzi Bin al-Shibh [al-Shibihah], Wa’il al-Ghamdi and other 9/11 hijackers. Bin Laden is shown urging followers to pray frequently for these martyrs, as a way of accelerating the progress of their own souls. The tape is a way of […]

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1500 Dead In August Sunnis In

Juan Cole

1500 Dead in August Sunnis in Parliament Complain about Shiite confederacy plan. Two US troops were announced killed on Thursday. The (Sunni) Speaker of Parliament complained bitterly Thursday that he had not been presented with a copy of a draft law on regional confederacies submitted by the Shiite coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance. In other […]

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40 Killed In Bombings Shootings Al

Juan Cole

40 Killed in Bombings, Shootings Al-Hakim Seeks Shiite Federal Region Abdul Aziz al-Hakim’s United Iraqi Alliance laid out plans Wednesday in parliament for the creation of a nine-province regional confederacy in the south. AFP reports that die-hard Sunni opposition to the plan appears to be fading. They seem to have been given representations by al-Hakim’s […]

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Bush Abu Zubayda And End Of Trust Bush

Juan Cole

Bush, Abu Zubayda and the End of Trust Bush has lied so often, and about absolutely crucial matters of national security, that I do not trust him any more. This is a sadder commentary than anyone can know. On the War on Terror, I don’t prefer a partisan approach. After September 11, I felt we […]

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Bush Turns To Fear Mongering Creation

Bush Turns To Fear Mongering Creation

Juan Cole

Bush Turns to Fear-Mongering Creation of “Islamic” Bogeyman The Bush administration obviously wishes it were waging war on Nazi Germany. Even the old Soviet Union would be fine, these nostalgic Cold Warriors seem to think. Something big and menacing that would scare the blue-haired grannies in Peoria into voting Republican because, everyone knows, in addition […]

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Parliament To Take Up Shiite Federal

Juan Cole

Parliament to take up Shiite Federal Region US Backs off Criticism of Barzani On Wednesday morning a car bomb in the Qahira district of Baghdad killed 8 and wounded 38. Civil war violence killed some 25 on Tuesday, including 3 US GIs. The US embassy in Iraq began by appearing to condemn the decree issued […]

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