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Cole On Kpfk Rafsanjani Misbah Yazdi

Cole On Kpfk Rafsanjani Misbah Yazdi

Juan Cole

Cole on KPFK Rafsanjani/ Misbah-Yazdi Rivalry in Iran For SoCal readers: Will be on the radio with Jon Wiener this afternoon 4:20 pm PST. For the rest, streamed live at kpfk.org, 7:20 pm EST. At our group blog, a translated article on a fateful political rivalry in Iran, the outcome of which could help decide […]

Egypt
Napoleon Bonaparte On Liberating Middle

Napoleon Bonaparte On Liberating Middle

Juan Cole

Napoleon Bonaparte on Liberating the Middle Easterners At the Napoleon in Egypt blog, more correspondence of Gen. Bonaparte concerning his planned invasion of Egypt, from April-May 1798. Included is his proclamation to the troops (who did not yet know where they were going) about the nature of their mission. See if it sounds familiar: ‘ […]

Iraq
Deadliest July Yet For Us Troops 23

Deadliest July Yet For Us Troops 23

Juan Cole

Deadliest July Yet for US Troops; 23% Rise in Iraqi Deaths in July; Maliki Government Teeters–Sunni, Da’wa Discontent 2007 saw the deadliest July for US troops since the Iraq War began. It also saw a 23% rise in Iraqi deaths over June. July is like a blast furnace in Iraq, with temperatures approaching 120 degrees […]

Iraq
Crs Reports On Iraq Online Kind Analyst

Crs Reports On Iraq Online Kind Analyst

Juan Cole

CRS Reports on Iraq Online A kind analyst wrote: “FAS uncovered a bunch of recent CRS reports on Iraq. FYI. CRS REPORTS ON IRAQ The Congressional Research Service has produced several newly updated reports on Iraq for congressional consumption. CRS does not make its publications freely available to the public, but the following reports were […]

Iraq
Fellowships For Threatened Scholars

Fellowships For Threatened Scholars

Juan Cole

FELLOWSHIPS FOR THREATENED SCHOLARS FROM IRAQ – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Iraq Scholar Rescue Project The Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) has received special funding for the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project to provide fellowships to scholars in Iraq whose lives and work are threatened. The Fund is currently seeking applications from suitable candidates […]

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