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Juan Cole

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Global Warming Cnnyoutube Debate Global

Global Warming Cnnyoutube Debate Global

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Global Warming CNN/YouTube Debate: Global Warming

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John Edwards Hair

John Edwards Hair

Juan Cole

John Edwards – Hair A particularly well done campaign commercial attempting to blunt the critique of Edwards as all hair, no substance.

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Biden Thinks Gun Owner Should Have His

Biden Thinks Gun Owner Should Have His

Juan Cole

Biden thinks gun owner should have his head examined A dramatic moment from the Democratic Debate on YouTube/CNN

al-Qaeda
Cole In Salon Bushs Incompetence Gives

Cole In Salon Bushs Incompetence Gives

Juan Cole

Cole in Salon: “Bush’s incompetence gives al-Qaida new life” My column is out in Salon.com on Tuesday, “Bush’s incompetence gives al-Qaida new life”: The White House hints at military action as the terror organization regroups in northern Pakistan and the Musharraf government begins to wobble.” Excerpt: ‘ not only has al-Qaida reconstituted itself in the […]

Iraq
Debate Scorecard On Iraq Here Is Debate

Debate Scorecard On Iraq Here Is Debate

Juan Cole

Debate Scorecard on Iraq Here is the debate transcript from last night. The candidates basically split into a) those who wanted gradual withdrawal with political arrangements and perhaps some troops left in Iraq; and b) those who wanted an immediate and complete military withdrawal, followed by diplomacy. Biden, Clinton and Obama seemed to be in […]

Iraq
Massive Bomb Kills 22 Wounds 60 At

Massive Bomb Kills 22 Wounds 60 At

Juan Cole

Massive Bomb Kills 22, Wounds 60 at Hillah US Blockades Mahdi Army New Turkish Government may Decline Military Option A suicide car bombing of a market in the southern Shiite city of Hillah killed at least 22 persons and wounded 60 on Tuesday morning. The northern reaches of Babil province are heavily Sunni Arab, and […]

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Christian Extremists Disrupt Hindu

Christian Extremists Disrupt Hindu

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Christian extremists disrupt Hindu Senate invocation

Egypt
Napoleons Invasion Of Middle East At My

Napoleons Invasion Of Middle East At My

Juan Cole

Napoleon’s Invasion of the Middle East At my book blog for my new publication on Bonaparte’s Egypt expedition, I have been putting up some texts related to the misadventure The first close-up Western view of Egypt’s Bedouin is posted today; ominously, this bit of colonial anthropology was made possible by some French scientists (savants) being […]

al-Qaeda
Giuliani Critiqued By Firefighters

Giuliani Critiqued By Firefighters

Juan Cole

NYC Firefighters Critique Giuliani on 9/11 Was traveling and just saw this. The firefighters are critical of the no-bid contracts for communications equipment let by Giuliani, which ended up not working very well. Also other issues. No bid contracts? Where have I heard that before?. (Scroll down to “Big Success in Iraq”.)

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