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Israeli Connection With Abu Ghuraib

Israeli Connection With Abu Ghuraib

Juan Cole

Israeli Connection with Abu Ghuraib Torture? Many readers have written to suggest that there is an Israeli connection of some sort to the Abu Ghuraib prison scandal, because the techniques used seem so similar to what Palestinians report. One noted that Joe Ryan, the Abu Ghuraib blogger, had some training with Israeli specialists on such […]

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Muqtada Negotiates With Head Of Secret

Muqtada Negotiates With Head Of Secret

Juan Cole

Muqtada Negotiates with Head of Secret Police az-Zaman reports that a new round of negotiations has begun with Muqtada al-Sadr, this time conducted directly by Maj. General Muhammad al-Shahwani, the new head of the Iraqi secret police (Mukhabarat). This news rather amazes me and seems a sign of desperation on both sides. Ali Allawi, the […]

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Sunni Shiite Unity At Abu Ghuraib

Sunni Shiite Unity At Abu Ghuraib

Juan Cole

Sunni-Shiite Unity at Abu Ghuraib demonstration The demonstration at Abu Ghuraib against the abuse of prisoners that I mentioned yesterday turns out to have been called for by the Board of Muslim Scholars, a Sunni clerical organization that is more powerful than usually recognized. The demonstration was said to have been several thousand strong, and […]

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America In Balance Sex Lies And Prison

America In Balance Sex Lies And Prison

Juan Cole

America in the Balance: Sex, Lies and Prison Abuse Guest Editorial Shahin Cole Most Muslims admire American democracy but disapprove of what they perceive as US moral laxity, according to polls. The revelations about the American treatment of Iraqi prisoners may damage faith in democracy, and reinforce disgust with immodest behavior. The photos of prisoner […]

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Is It Torture What Does Is Mean

Is It Torture What Does Is Mean

Juan Cole

Is it Torture? What does “is” mean? Demonstrators at Abu Ghuraib Demand Apology As Mark Rothschild pointed out, “ When asked by a reporter whether torture has taken place in Iraq, Rumsfeld said, “My impression is that what has been charged thus far is abuse, which I believe technically is different from torture.” He added […]

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Mahdi Army Kills 3 Us Troops In

Mahdi Army Kills 3 Us Troops In

Juan Cole

Mahdi Army Kills 3 US Troops in Diwaniyah Clashes in Karbala, Najaf Will Abu Ghuraib affect the Muqtada al-Sadr Issue? Mopping up operations continue by the US military against the Mahdi Army, according to Reuters. On Wednesday, US troops assaulted two buildings in Diwaniyah that had been used by Mahdi Army fighters to attack US […]

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Taguba Report Online Bush Tries Damage

Taguba Report Online Bush Tries Damage

Juan Cole

Taguba Report Online; Bush tries Damage Control on Arab Satellite TV The Taguba report on Abu Ghuraib prison abuse is now online at MSNBC, or at least an executive summary of it. On Wednesday, this story finally broke in the United States in a big way. On Tuesday night Koppel had Rami Khoury on, a […]

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Standoff With Muqtada Continues Army Of

Standoff With Muqtada Continues Army Of

Juan Cole

Standoff with Muqtada continues The Army of the Mahdi fought a gun battle with US troops at Karbala on Tuesday. ‘ Fighting erupted shortly after midnight when Mehdi Army militiamen loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fired mortar bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns at U.S. and Bulgarian positions in the town 70 miles southwest of […]

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Television Images Winning Media War Al

Television Images Winning Media War Al

Juan Cole

Television images Winning the Media War al-Hayat alleges that a Parisian television channel aired new footage Tuesday night from Iraq of American troops who fire on three men that do not obviously pose any danger to them. The provider, a European who had worked in Iraq, said he had smuggled the cassette out of Iraq. […]

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