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Juan Cole

Iraq
Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished

Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished

Juan Cole

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 […]

Egypt
Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon

Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon

Juan Cole

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.

Iraq
Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands

Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands

Juan Cole

Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands al-Maliki Gov. “the New Baath” Sunnis Complain about “Threats” The Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accord Front, traded insults on Saturday with the al-Maliki government. In the wake of its suspension of participation in the government on Wednesday, al-Maliki’s spokesman, Ali Dabbagh made a statement that the Sunnis […]

Iraq
Hearing On Us Embassy In Iraq Mayberry

Hearing On Us Embassy In Iraq Mayberry

Juan Cole

Mayberry Testimony on Kidnapping of Workers for US Embassy Baghdad I mentioned story the other day briefly about allegations that the Kuwaiti contracting firm building the US embassy in Baghdad has Shanghaied workers, bringing them to the Middle East under false pretences and depriving them of their passports– In essence, of kidnapping them. The video […]

Iraq
Al Maliki Tensions Severe With Petraeus

Al Maliki Tensions Severe With Petraeus

Juan Cole

Al-Maliki Tensions Said Severe with Petraeus; US Raid in Karbala Steven R. Hurst and Qassim Abdul-Zahra of the Associated Press get the scoop that relations between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and US Gen. David Petraeus are so tense that aides to al-Maliki say he has considered asking Washington to pull the general out of Baghdad. […]

Iraq
Epic News Release Responsibility To

Epic News Release Responsibility To

Juan Cole

EPIC News Release: Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act The Education for Peace in Iraq Center sent this news release on an important bill that is in danger of languishing in Congress: “On June 14th, when we began building support for Congressman Blumenauer’s Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007 (H.R. 2265), only 14 representatives had […]

Iraq
8 Us Troops Killed 100 Casualties In

8 Us Troops Killed 100 Casualties In

Juan Cole

8 US Troops Killed 100 Casualties in Karrada Bombing KRG MP: US oil Interests driving Iraqi Legislation It was announced Thursday that Iraqi guerrillas had killed 7 US soldiers. The Daily Times say 8 died from Tuesday to Thursday. Among other violence against Iraqis, guerrillas detonated a massive car bomb in Central Baghdad that killed […]

Iraq
Bombings Kill Dozens In Street Crowds

Bombings Kill Dozens In Street Crowds

Juan Cole

Bombings Kill dozens in Street Crowds Sunni Arabs threaten withdrawal from Parliament Iraqis were unified for a brief period on Wednesday as they came out in the streets from the north of the country to its south, from Irbil to Baghdad to Basra, to celebrate the country’s soccer (football) victory in the Asian Cup. People […]

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Trix Tale Of Three Villages Kosova 2007

Trix Tale Of Three Villages Kosova 2007

Juan Cole

: Trix: Tale of Three Villages: Kosova, 2007 With the status of Kosova uncertain after a Russian veto of a UN Security Council plan for its independence, its leaders are calling for elections this fall anyway. This volatile region in the Balkans is extremely important. We are lucky to have a guest editorial today on […]

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