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Archives for October 2007

Iraq
Kahl: 30,000 – 70,000 US Troops Likely to be in Iraq for Many Years

Kahl: 30,000 – 70,000 US Troops Likely to be in Iraq for Many Years

Juan Cole

Colin Kahl of Georgetown University writes: ‘There will be 100-130K troops in Iraq when Bush leaves. The number will depend largely on who wins the factional infighting between the White House and MNF-I (Petraeus) on the one hand, and CENTCOM, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary Gates on the other hand. The former want […]

Iraq
Brown: 1,000 British troops to be Withdrawn

Brown: 1,000 British troops to be Withdrawn

Juan Cole

British PM Gordon Brown, in Baghdad and Basra for consultations with PM Nuri al-Maliki, with British commanders, and with his US allies, announced that he would withdraw another 1,000 British troops from Basra by Christmas. A majority of the British public wants all the troops out now, but the US is putting enormous pressure on […]

Iraq
Blackwater Accused of Cover-ups Deaths Drop in September Iraqi Parliamentarians want to Debate US Senate on Partition

Blackwater Accused of Cover-ups Deaths Drop in September Iraqi Parliamentarians want to Debate US Senate on Partition

Juan Cole

Iraqi authorities are not only accusing Blackwater guards of an unprovoked shooting of 11 persons at Nisur Square on Sept. 16, but also of engaging in an hour-long firefight with Iraqi police later that day. The firm appears to have deployed attack helicopters in the firefights. The NYT reports that a new congressional report on […]

Iraq
19 Killed in Mosul Wave of Violence Petraeus: Iran May be Helping

19 Killed in Mosul Wave of Violence Petraeus: Iran May be Helping

Juan Cole

A wave of violence rolled over the northern city of Mosul (pop. 1.5 million, Iraq’s second largest) on Sunday. A member of the Ninevah Provincial Council and his three body guards were assassinated by machine gun fire; gunmen killed two policemen in the east of the city; armed men killed two people in a market; […]

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