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Juan Cole

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Save Lebanese Civilians Faleh

Save Lebanese Civilians Faleh

Juan Cole

Save Lebanese Civilians Faleh A. Jabar, an Iraqi intellectual resident in Beirut who has been a leading force in promoting a democratic intellectual culture in Iraq, writes from Lebanon: Dear All: This situation in Lebanon is going from bad to worst. Innocent lives are being shattered and threatened in mass. I need to ask you […]

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Battle For Baghdad Us Troops Clashed

Battle For Baghdad Us Troops Clashed

Juan Cole

Battle for Baghdad US troops clashed with the Mahdi Army of clerical nationalist Muqtada al-Sadr in Sadr City Monday morning. A car bombing of a large hall being used for a mourning gathering killed at least 15 and wounded at least 30 in Tikrit, a Sunni Arab city north of Baghdad. Saddam Hussein and his […]

Israel/ Palestine
Wiping Off Face Of Map

Wiping Off Face Of Map

Juan Cole

Wiping off the Face of the Map (Reprint) This bothered enough of the right people that I thought I’d reprint from Saturday. Note for the humorless: it is an editorial photo-cartoon, not news analysis. A Beirut neighborhood before and after Israeli indiscriminate bombing The difference between Ahmadinejad and Olmert is that the Iranian president is […]

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One Ring To Rule Them Wholesale

One Ring To Rule Them Wholesale

Juan Cole

One Ring to Rule Them The wholesale destruction of all of Lebanon by Israel and the US Pentagon does not make any sense. Why bomb roads, bridges, ports, fuel depots in Sunni and Christian areas that have nothing to do with Shiite Hizbullah in the deep south? And, why was Hizbullah’s rocket capability so crucial […]

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Lebanon War Grinds On Despite Un

Lebanon War Grinds On Despite Un

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Lebanon War Grinds on Despite UN Diplomacy On Sunday morning, “Six civilians were killed when an air-to-ground missile hit a house in the village of Ansar, near the port city of Sidon. The aircraft returned as rescue teams in villages throughout the area tried to sift through rubble searching for more victims.” Also, on Sunday […]

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Bombings In Baqubah Ambush Near Kirkuk

Bombings In Baqubah Ambush Near Kirkuk

Juan Cole

Bombings in Baqubah, Ambush Near Kirkuk Reuters details guerrilla violence on Saturday (and late Friday. An army checkpoint sprayed with fire, killing 5 soldiers, near Kirkuk. Three bombs in Baqubah wounded 10. 7 bodies found in Kut. 9 bodies found in Baghdad. Then there was fighting in Ramadi. Morgue refrigerators made for 5 bodies are […]

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Israeli Bombers Hit Christian Areas

Israeli Bombers Hit Christian Areas

Juan Cole

Israeli Bombers Hit Christian Areas Israeli Massacre of Syrian Workers, Other Civilians Death Toll of 38 Courtesy the Daily Star The Daily Star reports: “Israeli warplanes destroyed five bridges along the main North-South coastal highway Friday, killing five people, wounding 19 others and completely isolating the capital from the North of the country.. . .The […]

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Thousands Of Sadrists Rally For

Thousands Of Sadrists Rally For

Juan Cole

Thousands of Sadrists Rally for Hizbullah in Baghdad Guerrilla Uprising in Mosul Some 100,000 Sadrists rallied against Israel’s war on Lebanon [Ar.] in Sadr City on Friday, their ranks swelled by an influx of demonstrators from Maysan and Wasit provinces. Al-Zaman notes that this demonstration comes two days after a similar big event for the […]

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Israelis Kill 7 Civilians In Massive

Israelis Kill 7 Civilians In Massive

Juan Cole

Israelis Kill 7 Civilians in Massive Air Raids on Beirut, South, Baalbak Hizbullah Rockets Kill 8 Civilians in Israel Israel resumed a heavy bombardment of South Beirut on Thursday, hitting al-Awza’i 24 times in the space of two hours. There are no Hizbullah facilities in al-Awza’i, according to LBC (a Christian-owned Lebanese satellite channel). AFP […]

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