Juan Cole

2 GIs Killed in Fallujah Sunni Fundamentalists Take Diyala Province 36 Dead in Civil War Violence Despite Bush’s media blitz and a number of speeches attempting to tie the Iraq War to September 11, the percentage of Americans who think the war was not worth it actually increased slightly between June and September, from 54 […]

Wallace, Bin Laden, Republicans and Clinton Here is the video of President Clinton on Fox Cable News. Wallace maintained that he also asked tough questions about failure to tackle Bin Laden of Republican politicians. Here is Wallace interviewing Republican Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney on Bin Laden in February, 2005. Compare these softballs to the […]

40 Dead in Tikrit Bombing Iraq conflict creating Terror Threat for US: NIE Bombings in Baghdad’s Sadr City region killed at least 40 and wounded a similar number on Saturday. 9 bodies of Iraqi policemen and members of security forces were found in Tikrit, north of Baghdad. 3 US GIs were announced killed. In the […]

Bin Laden Report Denied The report in a provincial French newspaper that Usamah bin Laden had a tropical disease that killed him in August makes no sense. It said that his disease led to paralysis of the legs. It would have to be polio! Unlikely except in East Africa. This report appears to be based […]

Negroponte, Lebanon and al-Qaeda US intelligence chief John Negroponte says he is worried about al-Qaeda getting a foothold in Lebanon. Reuters quotes him as saying, ‘ “He [Ayman al-Zawahiri] talked about the priority attached to being successful in Iraq so it could then be used as a platform to extend their activities into the Levant, […]

Nasrullah’s Speech Here is the BBC World Monitoring translation of Hasan Nasrullah’s speech on Friday to an enormous crowd in bombed-out South Beirut. ‘ BBC Monitoring International Reports September 23, 2006 Saturday LENGTH: 7402 words HEADLINE: HEZBOLLAH LEADER ADDRESSES “VICTORY RALLY” IN LEBANON – TEXT Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah has addressed in person a rally […]

3,000 Demonstrate in Tikrit for Saddam Return Muqtada: US DoD has File on Shiite Messiah The Associated Press reports Friday’s major events in Iraq: ‘ In the city of Tikrit north of Baghdad, 3,000 persons came out on Friday to demonstrate for the return of Saddam Hussein to power. Tikrit is his birthplace. ‘ In […]

Nasrullah’s Divine Victory Hasan Nasrullah gave his “Divine Victory” speech on Friday to thousands of followers in South Beirut, which was heavily bombed by Israel during the Lebanon War. The Daily Star reports that he said: ‘ “There is no army in the world capable of making us drop our weapons as long as there […]

Bombing Pakistan back to the Stone Age A controversy has broken out over US threats against Pakistan in the wake of September 11, 2001. Pakistani opposition politicians are taking advantage of it to attack Gen. Musharraf for having folded in the face of US threats. In fact, Musharraf met with all the major political figures […]