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Juan Cole

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The Ghoul’s Glossary: the 2008 Election

The Ghoul’s Glossary: the 2008 Election

Juan Cole

Alaska: The only one of the 50 states where secessionists are considered American patriots rather than traitors. Catholic working class: Synonym for “feminist.” Communist: 1. A believer in a graduated income tax (“Communists” include Adam Smith and 81% of professional American economists). 2. When modified by ‘Chinese‘ : A supplier of retail goods to Walmart. […]

Iraq
Bombings Target Police, Kill 10; Minorities Awarded Seats in Provincial Councils

Bombings Target Police, Kill 10; Minorities Awarded Seats in Provincial Councils

Juan Cole

A series of bombings in Baghdad and Baquba on Monday killed 10 persons and wounded over 30, including 10 policemen. The powerful blast in Baquba destroyed 22 automobiles. The NYT spoke of the attacks as a wave of violence These bombings, which continue to occur regularly in Iraq, announced that the Sunni Arab guerrillas still […]

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Obama’s Grandmother Dies

Obama’s Grandmother Dies

Juan Cole

Condolences to Senator Barack Obama on the passing of his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who was in so many ways a mother to him, as well.

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Franken/Coleman

Franken/Coleman

Juan Cole

I do courtesy links time to time for members of the liberal blogads network, and today’s recommendation is CultureKitchen for their posting on the Minnesota senatorial contest between Al Franken and Norm Coleman (as a Midwesterner this is one I’ve been following closely, and was in Minnesota recently to see the sleazy negative ads Coleman […]

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The Coming McCain Military Draft

The Coming McCain Military Draft

Juan Cole

There has been almost no discussion in the press about the broader implications of John McCain’s military policies. McCain wants to keep a large military contingent in Iraq for some years to come. He agrees that more US troops should be sent to Afghanistan. (Obama wants more troops for Afghanistan but will draw down the […]

Iraq
Deputy Oil Minister Wounded; Iraq Likely to tie down Next President

Deputy Oil Minister Wounded; Iraq Likely to tie down Next President

Juan Cole

Guerrillas deployed a bomb to wound Iraq’s deputy oil minister on Monday morning. Steven R. Hurst at AP correctly argues that if there is no Status of Forces Agreement between Iraq and the US by January 1, the resulting military and diplomatic mess could end up consuming the new president. For US troops to operate […]

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Pakistanis Are Closed Following Us

Pakistanis Are Closed Following Us

Juan Cole

Pakistanis are closely following the US presidentail elections, according to Aljzeera English. Centcom commander Gen. David Petraeus is visiting Pakistan to discuss the security situation. Pakistan with pressure the next US president to halt the missile strikes recently deployed by the US military against targets inside the sovereign state of Pakistan.

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Al-Maliki Confident of US Withdrawal

Al-Maliki Confident of US Withdrawal

Juan Cole

McCain says that victory is in sight in Iraq. In contrast, Iraqi PM Nuri al-Malki says that at US troop withdrawal is in sight. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Kurdish MP Mahmud Osman is pledging that there will be no US bases in Iraqi Kurdistan without a national consensus on that issue. Kurdistan is semi-autonomous […]

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Afghanistan: Next President's Top Challenge

Afghanistan: Next President’s Top Challenge

Juan Cole

The British commander of an elite special operations unit in Afghanistan, Major Sebastian Morley, has resigned over what he says is the inadequate equipment given by the British government to his troops, leading to the deaths of some of them. The US military claims it killed 2 dozen neo-Taliban in a recent battle. Can the […]

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