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Update Death Toll Of Riyadh Blasts Is

Update Death Toll Of Riyadh Blasts Is

Juan Cole

Update: The death toll of the Riyadh blasts is 20 noncombatants, with 194 injured. Nine of the dead are Americans. Nine bombers were killed by Saudi security.

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Four Huge Blasts Shook Eastern Suburb

Four Huge Blasts Shook Eastern Suburb

Juan Cole

*Four huge blasts shook an eastern suburb of Riyadh where many foreigners lived on Monday night/Tuesday morning. As I write, three are dead (reportedly two of them Americans) and over 60 wounded. About 40 of the injured were Americans; three Japanese were slightly wounded. Saudi security exchanged fire with the attackers, finally taking them out. […]

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Shiite Leader Ayatollah Baqir Al Hakim

Shiite Leader Ayatollah Baqir Al Hakim

Juan Cole

*The Shiite leader Ayatollah Baqir al-Hakim, newly returned from Iran, has said, “We reject an imposed government,” and, “I fear neither the Americans nor the British.” – Asharq al-Awsat. *A huge conflagration broke out at the central communications building in Baghdad. I fear this event is symbolic of the failure of the US to bring […]

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American Team In Iraq Is Being Shaken

American Team In Iraq Is Being Shaken

Juan Cole

*The American team in Iraq is being shaken up big time. Barbara Bodine, a long-time diplomat and Arabist, who has effectively been the US mayor of Baghdad for three weeks, is being sent back a desk job at State in Washington. Some reporters have speculated that Bodine was sacked by the incoming American pro-consul, Paul […]

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According To Al Hayat Ayatollah

According To Al Hayat Ayatollah

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*According to al-Hayat, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim, just returned from Iran, has called for a state in which all would feel secure and in which women would play a central role. He rejected, however, any possibility of continuing to live with Baathism (the former ruling ideology of secular Arab nationalism and “socialism,” i.e. an Arab […]

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Breaking News

Breaking News

Juan Cole

* Breaking news. Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim has returned to Iraq, stopping first in Basra with a hundred-vehicle convoy. He is reported to have addressed a crowd of 10,000. He spoke in his speech against Iraq having a “foreign-installed government” but did not mention the US by name. AP reported him saying, “I am a […]

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Us Deputy Secretary Of Defense Paul

Us Deputy Secretary Of Defense Paul

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*US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz criticized Turkey in an interview on CNN for not giving practical support to the US war effort in Iraq. On Turkish news site said, ‘ In his criticism, Wolfowitz singled out the Turkish military for not playing “a leadership role” on the Iraq issue. He suggested that, without […]

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Jay Garner Has Added Two Further

Jay Garner Has Added Two Further

Juan Cole

*Jay Garner has added two further members to a nine-man leadership council (it is so far all men). One will represent the Shiite al-Da`wa Party and the other is a Sunni Arab representing an old party active in the 1940s until 1968 when it was banned. This move is a good step in the right […]

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Humanitarian And Security Crises

Humanitarian And Security Crises

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*The humanitarian and security crises continue to grow in American-occupied Iraq. Electricity has been returned to only 9 of 21 major cities, and much of the capital still lacks it. Lack of electricity generally equates to lack of pure water. Cholera has broken out in Basra and many Iraqi children in particular are at risk […]

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