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Archives for May 2007

Iraq
On False Analogy Between Iraq And South

On False Analogy Between Iraq And South

Juan Cole

On the False Analogy Between Iraq and South Korea Bush is now talking about a “South Korea” model for Iraq. He likely got this nonsense from John Gaddis at Yale, who I heard talking it last November at the Chicago Humanities Fair. So what confuses me is the terms of the comparison. Who is playing […]

Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Deny Us Bases

Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Deny Us Bases

Juan Cole

Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Deny US Bases to be Opened in Kurdistan Region The USG Open Source Center translates the following newspaper article from Kurdish: ‘ Iraqi Kurdish Officials Deny US Bases To Be Opened in Kurdistan Region Unattribtued report: “Opening three US military bases and transfer of Incirlik base to Kurdistan”HawlatiWednesday, May 30, 2007 Although […]

Iraq
Guerrillas Ambush Kill 10 Us Gis As

Guerrillas Ambush Kill 10 Us Gis As

Juan Cole

Guerrillas Ambush, Kill 10 US GIs Over 100 Iraqis Killed or Found Dead Muqtada condemns Iran for Talking to US As best I can piece it together, Sunni Arab guerrillas in Iraq ran a sophisticated sting on US troops in Diyala province on Memorial Day, killing 8 GIs. First, they shot down a helicopter with […]

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Cole On Heroes And Culture Wars My

Cole On Heroes And Culture Wars My

Juan Cole

Cole on “Heroes” and the Culture Wars My column at Salon.com this week is on the television phenomenon “Heroes”. [Spoiler alert: for anyone who hasn’t seen the season finale, its details are discussed.] Excerpts: Dick Cheney’s least favorite TV show? Why the worldview of “Heroes” clashes with the vice president’s “1 percent doctrine” on terrorism. […]

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First Formal Us Iran Talks Since 1980_29

First Formal Us Iran Talks Since 1980_29

Juan Cole

First Formal US-Iran Talks since 1980 The US has dealt differently with Iran than with any other of its major enemies. Then President Ronald Reagan spoke directly with Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev even though the USSR had thousands of nuclear missiles aimed at the US. The US talks to North Korea. It talks to Venezuela. […]

Iraq
24 Killed90 Wounded Qadiriya Shrine

24 Killed90 Wounded Qadiriya Shrine

Juan Cole

24 Killed,90 wounded; Qadiriya Shrine Damaged in Blast Reuters reports that 33 bodies were found in the streets of Baghdad on Monday. Karrada took mortar fire, which left 8 dead and 35 wounded. McClatchy reports that on Sunday night, guerrillas had taken 40 persons hostage in Salahuddin Province, in a bid to counter the operation […]

Iraq
Embassy Memo Flap And Decline Of Right

Embassy Memo Flap And Decline Of Right

Juan Cole

Embassy Memo Flap and the Decline of the Right Blogosphere Glenn Greenwald and Iraqslogger on that memo about food shortages at the US embassy in Baghdad (which have ended for the moment). The right blogosphere went crazy about this little memo and its authenticity. Uh, guys, I like State Department folks fine (certainly better than […]

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Memorial Day 2007 Couple Of Months Ago

Memorial Day 2007 Couple Of Months Ago

Juan Cole

Memorial Day, 2007 A couple of months ago I was at Detroit Metro and two very young soldiers timidly approached me. They were changing planes there, but the airport deeply confused them. When and where was their flight? Their brows knitted beneath extreme crewcuts (they were the victims of an overenthusiastic army barber of a […]

Iraq
10 Us Gis Killed 44 Bodies In Baghdad

10 Us Gis Killed 44 Bodies In Baghdad

Juan Cole

10 US GIs Killed 44 Bodies in Baghdad Al-Shamari Informs on Sadrists, Flees to US Iraq had another bloody Sunday yesterday, with the US military announcing the killing of 10 US GIs. Since last Memorial Day, nearly 1,000 US troops have died in Iraq. Reuters reports that 44 bodies were discovered in the streets of […]

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