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Archives for May 2007

Iraq
8 Us Gis Killed Us Bombs Sadr City Us

8 Us Gis Killed Us Bombs Sadr City Us

Juan Cole

8 US GIs Killed US Bombs Sadr City The US military announced the killing of 8 US GIs on Saturday. The Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, visited al-Anbar Province in the company of US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus, to highlight the increased security in the province since Sunni Arab tribal chieftains begain […]

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Logic Lesson On Iraq And Terror For

Logic Lesson On Iraq And Terror For

Juan Cole

Logic Lessons on Iraq and Terror for Bush and McCain The Palm Beach Post editorial on Bush’s illogic does what newspapers are supposed to do. It questions the logicality of a politician’s assertion. Last week Bush gave a news conference in which he was asked why Bin Laden hadn’t been caught. He said, “because he […]

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Basra Battle Between Mahdi Army And

Basra Battle Between Mahdi Army And

Juan Cole

Basra Battle between Mahdi Army and British In apparent retaliation for the killing of their commander, Mahdi Army militiamen launched a fierce 2 and a half-hour assault on a British base in the southern Shiite city of Basra. The British military must have been alarmed by the assault, since they called in an air strike […]

Iraq
6 Us Gis Killed Sunnis Reject Petroleum

6 Us Gis Killed Sunnis Reject Petroleum

Juan Cole

6 US GIs Killed Sunnis Reject Petroleum Bill Reuters reports guerrilla violence on Friday. The killing of 6 US GIs was announced. Iraqi security forces in Basra supported by British troops tried to arrest a Mahdi Army commander as he was coming out of a mosque, and killed him and two of his bodyguards. Guerrillas […]

Iraq
Us Public Skeptical Of Surge 72

Us Public Skeptical Of Surge 72

Juan Cole

US Public Skeptical of “Surge,” 72% Disapprove of Bush’s Handling of Iraq It isn’t amazing that 61% of Americans think the US should never have invaded Iraq. [- Courtesy NYT/CBS.] What is amazing is that 35% still think it was a good idea. It isn’t amazing that 76% (including 51% of Republicans) of Americans say […]

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Cheney Conniving At Iran War Says Bush

Cheney Conniving At Iran War Says Bush

Juan Cole

Cheney Conniving at Iran War Says Bush Cannot be Trusted Shorter Steve Clemons: Cheney and his staff are colluding with the Neoconservatives at the American Enterprise Institute and with Israeli hawks to sideline Condi Rice’s negotiations with Iran by getting up an Israeli cruise missile strike on Iranian civilian nuclear research facilities at Natanz, in […]

Iraq
Muqtada Renews Call For Us Departure

Muqtada Renews Call For Us Departure

Juan Cole

Muqtada Renews call for US Departure Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, the young Shiite nationalist cleric, preached openly at Kufa before about 1,000 worshippers for the first time in many months on Friday, AFP reports in Arabic at Sawt al-Iraq He preached in his kafan, or burial shroud, a sign of defiance and willingness to be martyred. […]

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Democratic Party Divided On Iraq

Democratic Party Divided On Iraq

Juan Cole

Democratic Party Divided on Iraq Supplemental Although everyone is syaing that September is now the potential turning point in congressional support for the Iraq War, I don’t see how things will change much then. Supporters of the “surge” will be able to find some evidence of “progress” even if it is “slow.” Unless there are […]

Iraq
Sadr And Shiite Politics Sawt Al Iraq

Sadr And Shiite Politics Sawt Al Iraq

Juan Cole

Sadr and Shiite Politics Sawt al-Iraq carries a report that Muqtada al-Sadr is back in Najaf after travels in Lebanon and Iran. The US military is cautiously reporting the same information, though with less certainty. It is thought possible that Muqtada will preach in Kufa on Friday. Meanwhile, the US military announced on Friday morning […]

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