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Juan Cole

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Bomb In Baghdad Kills 1 Wounds 3 Ap

Bomb In Baghdad Kills 1 Wounds 3 Ap

Juan Cole

Bomb in Baghdad Kills 1, Wounds 3 AP reports, “The bloodshed persisted in Baghdad Friday, as a roadside bomb missed American troops but killed one Iraqi boy and wounded three others as they played soccer along a busy street. The U.S. command also announced an investigation into alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners.”

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Shiite Preachers Throughout Iraq

Shiite Preachers Throughout Iraq

Juan Cole

Shiite Preachers throughout Iraq support Sistani, Slam US Plans as “Colonialism.” al-Hayat reported that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s representative in Karbala, Shaikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, warned that the coming days will witness demonstrations and strikes, and possibly confrontations with the occupation [Coalition] forces if they insist on “their colonialist plot and in designing the politics […]

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Democratic Candidates In Iowa Differ On

Democratic Candidates In Iowa Differ On

Juan Cole

Democratic Candidates in Iowa Differ on Iraq, and it Probably Doesn’t Matter I think the Iraq War as an issue has probably been overblown as a factor in the US elections, and don’t personally think much will turn on it barring a major social revolution or major hostage-taking or something dramatic in fall of 2004. […]

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Paul Oneill Controversy Smith On Iraq

Paul Oneill Controversy Smith On Iraq

Juan Cole

The Paul O’Neill Controversy: Smith on the Iraq War Planning and the PNAC The allegation by Paul O’Neill that Bush wanted people to get him a justification for an Iraq war already in January of 2001 has provoked a lot of controversy about the origins of the war. (“?It was all about finding a way […]

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Nathan Brown On Trial Of Saddam Nathan

Nathan Brown On Trial Of Saddam Nathan

Juan Cole

Nathan Brown on the Trial of Saddam Nathan Brown, an eminent political scientist at George Washington University, shared with me the following with regard to issues around the trial of Saddam and Coalition Provisional Authority attitudes to the law of occupation. He kindly permitted me to reprint his comments here. Brown: “You have speculated about […]

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Cole On Lehrer 116 Some Readers Have

Cole On Lehrer 116 Some Readers Have

Juan Cole

Cole on Lehrer 1/16 Some readers have kindly asked me to let them know about these things in advance. I’ll be on Jim Lehrer’s show on PBS Friday 1/16 talking about Iraq and Sistani. This program airs at different times in different markets so check listings. It will also be available early next week in […]

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Us Hq In Kirkuk Comes Under Fire

Us Hq In Kirkuk Comes Under Fire

Juan Cole

US HQ in Kirkuk comes under Fire; Civilians killed by bomb near Tikrit al-Hayat: Guerrillas launched an RPG attack in Karbala, with no casualties reported. Guerrillas fired a Katyusha rocket at the US HQ in Kirkuk. “TIKRIT, January 16 (Online): An anti-tank mine planted along a road in Tikrit blew up when a passenger bus […]

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30000 Shiites March In Basra Demanding

30000 Shiites March In Basra Demanding

Juan Cole

30,000 Shiites march in Basra demanding Free and Fair Elections British troops estimated that 30,000 Shiites demonstrated in Basra on Thursday, with massive crowds beginning at two separate points and wending their way to the al-Abila mosque. Al-Hayat reported that they were demanding that the elections scheduled for late May be held on a one […]

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One Us Soldier Wounded Several Kbr

One Us Soldier Wounded Several Kbr

Juan Cole

One US Soldier Wounded, Several KBR Employees Killed, Samarra Guerrillas killed AP reported a flurry of attacks on US forces on late Tuesday into Wednesday, including “three road ambushes and a hand grenade assault.” Altogether 14 people died in various acts of violence. In one ambush incident near Samarra Tuesday night, US troops returned fire […]

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