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: ‘ […]
Deadliest July Yet For Us Troops 23
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 […]
Crs Reports On Iraq Online Kind Analyst
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 […]
Fellowships For Threatened Scholars
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 […]
Napoleon Defeats Knights Of St
Napoleon Defeats Knights of St. John, Takes Malta At the Napoleon in Egypt blog, Bourrienne’s brief account of the conquest of the Knights of St. John at Malta.
Iraqi Parliament Adjourns Asean Calls
Iraqi Parliament Adjourns ASEAN Calls for US Withdrawal from Iraq Iraq’s parliament went on a one-month hiatus Tuesday afternoon, having not passed any significant legislation. Bush had outlined 4 ‘benchmarks’ last January that the Iraqi government needed to meet by June. These were passage of a petroleum law, passage of a law specifying distribution of […]
Sick On New Cold War With Iran At Our
Sick on the New Cold War with Iran at our group blog, Columbia U. Political Scientist and former National Security Adviser Gary Sick lays out what he sees as a coherent Bush administration policy of pursuing a new Cold War in the Middle East, with Iran. Sick’s analysis explains everything from the new arms deal […]
Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished
A third of Iraqi Children Malnourished Baghdad Neighborhoods Emptied by Snipers Skepticism on Gates-Rice Mission The aid organization Oxfam estimates that a third of Iraqis, about 8 million persons, are in urgent need of aid, lacking potable water and in many instances even food to eat. The BBC summarizes: ‘ Nearly 30% of children are […]
Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon
Bonaparte Betrayed at Cairo At the Napoleon in Egypt blog, the story of how Gen. Bonaparte discovered during his march on Cairo that his wife was cheating on him, and what he wrote his brother in response.
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