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Archives for April 2007

Iraq War

289 Iraqis Killed Or Wounded In Day Of

Juan Cole

289 Iraqis Killed or Wounded in Day of Rage Four Killed in Karbala Demonstration McClatchy estimates that 289 Iraqis were killed or wounded in political violence on Saturday. This passage is extremely important to understanding the sentiments of the Shiites of the South, among the main victims of the violence: ‘ Aqeel al Khazaali, the […]

Iraq War

100 Dead In Bombings Violence Iraq

Juan Cole

100 Dead in Bombings, Violence; Iraq, Kurdistan, traded Barbs After the bombings of a major bridge in Baghdad and the cafeteria of the parliament, guerrillas on Saturday detonated a car bomb at a bus station in the Shiite holy city of Karbala near the shrine of Imam Husayn. Dozens are thought to have been killed […]

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Detained In Two Worlds Taner Akam Story

Juan Cole

Detained in Two Worlds: The Taner Akçam Story Professor Taner Akçam submitted the below text to IC and it is being published by his kind permission. The Middle East Studies Association Committee on Academic Freedom wrote a protest letter to the Turkish government concerning his case, which can be found here. Donations to the work […]

Iraq War

Parliament Bomber Was Probably

Juan Cole

Parliament Bomber was Probably Bodyguard; Turkey Threatens to Invade Iraq; Wolfowitz Promotes Girlfriend The bombing of the cafeteria in the Iraqi parliament on Thursday was likely the work of a bodyguard of one of the members of parliament. Who exactly was killed and wounded among the parliamentarians has been a matter of dispute, as Iraqslogger […]

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Breaking News Iraqi Parliament

Juan Cole

Breaking News: Iraqi Parliament Cafeteria Bombed A suicide bomber wearing a bomb vest managed to get into a cafeteria in the parliament building in the fortress-like Green Zone in downtown Baghdad and to detonate his payload. He killed 8 persons and wounded 20, among them two members of parliament. They included an MP from the […]

Iraq War

Thursday Morning In Baghdad Truck Bomb

Juan Cole

Bridge Damaged, 9 dead in Truck Bombing; Sadrists, Sunni Accord Front threaten withdrawal from Iraqi Government; Dodd, Obama Critique McCain Thursday morning in Baghdad, a truck bomb detonated on the Sarafiya bridge in Baghdad. Early reports gave the casualty toll as 9 dead, but observers said that five or six cars were sent into the […]

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Caf Letter On Finkelstein Case

Juan Cole

CAF Letter on the Finkelstein Case Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association, Letter on the Finkelstein Case: 10 April 2007 The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., Ed.D.President De Paul University1 E. JacksonChicago, Illinois 60604Fax: 312-362-7577 Dear Father Holtschneider: I write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and […]

Iraq War

3 Us Troops Killed 16 Wounded 19 Iraqis

Juan Cole

3 US Troops Killed, 16 Wounded 19 Iraqis Dead, 33 Wounded in Muqdadiya Bombing The wire services reported at least 55 killed in political violence in Iraq on Tuesday, with hundreds wounded. Guerrillas detonated a car bomb near Baghdad University in the south of the capital, killing 5 persons and wounding 11. Guerrillas deployed a […]

Iraq War

White And Carapico Re Cole How To Get

Juan Cole

White and Carapico re: Cole, “How to Get out of Iraq” My piece in The Nation on “How to Get out of Iraq” is generating some good discussion on an email list to which I subscribe. With their permission, I am sharing below comments of two seasoned observers of the Middle East. Sheila Carapico writes: […]

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