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Lobby No Mosques Allowed In America

Lobby No Mosques Allowed In America

Juan Cole

The Lobby: No Mosques Allowed in America A recent joint poll by Americans for Peace Now and the Arab American Institute [pdf] shows remarkable convergence in the views of a weighted sample of Jewish Americans and Arab Americans on Arab-Israeli peace. In contrast to the mainstream American Jewish community, which has fought tirelessly for justice […]

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Iraq Dominates Democratic Debate 14 Us

Iraq Dominates Democratic Debate 14 Us

Juan Cole

Iraq Dominates Democratic Debate 14 US Troops Killed over Weekend The Democratic Party candidates for president debated on Sunday evening. Iraq dominated the first half of the debate. Shorter versions: Biden: We can’t get out of Iraq because we don’t have the votes to end the war in the Senate. Since Congress cannot force Bush […]

Iraq
Gore On Bush Propaganda Us Bombs Shiite

Gore On Bush Propaganda Us Bombs Shiite

Juan Cole

Gore on Bush Propaganda US Bombs Shiite Sadr City It is no surprise that Al Gore is attacking Bush in his new book, of course. Nor is it a surprise that Gore accuses Bush of ignoring all reasonable evidence in both making the decision to invade Iraq and in deciding to do nothing about global […]

Iraq
Saturday Reading Reuters Reports Civil

Saturday Reading Reuters Reports Civil

Juan Cole

Major Bridge in Kurdistan Destroyed Guerrillas Kill 4 US Troops Amiriya Clashes The US military death toll in Iraq for May was actually 127. On Saturday morning, guerrillas blew up a major bridge linking the northern cities of Kirkuk and Irbil. Irbil is the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and the seat of power for Massoud […]

Iraq
70 Dead In Attacks Bombing In Fallujah

70 Dead In Attacks Bombing In Fallujah

Juan Cole

70 Dead in Attacks; Bombing in Fallujah; Sadrists Warn US Military on Diwaniya; US Seeks Dialogue with Sadrists 122 US troops died in Iraq in May, the worst total since late 2004. A radical Salafi group in Baghdad claimed to have killed two US embassy employees, a husband and a wife, after robbing them of […]

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