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Archives for April 2007

Iraq War

70 Killed In Iraq Diplomacy Of Iran May

Juan Cole

70 Killed in Iraq Diplomacy of Iran May be Legacy of British Sailor Hostage Crisis The killings of 18 Iraqi, British and American soldiers by Iraqi guerrillas and militiamen were announced on Thursday. AFP estimates that 52 persons were killed or found dead on Thursday, with 20 bodies brought to the morgue at Baquba northeast […]

Iraq War

Rash Of Kidnappings Of Dozens Of

Juan Cole

Rash of Kidnappings of Dozens of Shiites Iraq Government misplaces or Steals $8 Billion AP reports that Sunni Arab guerrillas kidnapped 22 Shiite shepherds and stole thousands of sheep on Wednesday when the Shiites came up from Karbala to al-Anbar Province in search of pasturage. Reuters reports that there was also another major kidnapping on […]

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Israel Vs

Juan Cole

Israel vs. Bush & the Neoconservatives on Syria? Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Damascus makes perfect sense as domestic US politics. The Democratic Party is developing its own foreign policy, different from that of Bush, which involves negotiating with Middle Eastern actors rather than just attempting to isolate them, call them evil, […]

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Breaking News British Sailors Freed

Juan Cole

Breaking News: British Sailors Freed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced today that the 15 British sailors and Marines captured by Iran on March 23 would be released. Iran had alleged that the UK seafarers had been in Iranian waters, which Britain denies. The decision to keep the British naval personnel for a couple of weeks […]

Iraq War

11 Electricity Workers Killed At

Juan Cole

11 Electricity Workers Killed at Checkpoint Democrats threaten to take On Bush on Iraq Funding Police discovered 14 bodies in Baghad, 7 in Baqubah and 3 in Mosul on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Guerrillas detonated two roadside bombs in south Baghdad. Early on Wednesday, gunmen killed 11 electricity workers near Hawija southwest of Kirkuk, after […]

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Cole In Salon Irans New Hostage Crisis

Juan Cole

Cole in Salon: Iran’s New Hostage Crisis My column, “Iran’s new hostage crisis,” is out at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ The capture by Iranian Revolutionary Guards of 15 British sailors and marines on March 23 has set off a diplomatic crisis and mobilized the public in both Britain and Iran . . . Why would the […]

Iraq War

21 Shiites From Mccains Market Killed 3

Juan Cole

21 Shiites from McCain’s Market Killed 3 US Troops Killed Massive Truck Bomb at Kirkuk Remember that Baghdad market visited on Sunday by Senator John McCain to show how calm things are? James Hider of the London Times writes, , “21 Shia market workers were ambushed, bound and shot dead north of the capital. The […]

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Iranian Television Surge Of Violence In

Juan Cole

Iranian Television: Surge of Violence in Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian program discussing the increase of political violence in Iraq. Iranian Al-Alam TV ‘Iraq Today’ Program on Surge of ViolenceAl-Alam TelevisionMonday, April 2, 2007 Tehran Al-Alam Television in Arabic at 1330 GMT on 1 April broadcast its “Iraq Today” program which […]

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Hope Is Not Plan Thomas Mowles Edited

Juan Cole

Hope is not A Plan Thomas Mowle’s edited book, Hope is not a Plan, is now available. Below is the amazon.com blurb. I have heard Mowle speak at a conference and his insights are invaluable. Book DescriptionFrom the outset, the war in Iraq was directed from Washington and executed by troops on the ground. Between […]

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