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Juan Cole

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Real Reasons For Iraq War Jay Bookman

Real Reasons For Iraq War Jay Bookman

Juan Cole

The Real Reasons for the Iraq War Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (9/29/02) argued that the Iraq war is actually aimed at securing an empire for the United States, and that the other reasons given are a cover: http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/sunday/issue_d369495ba6c610e900c3.html I agree with Bookman that the reasons the Bush administration has been giving for going […]

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Iraqi Shiites Question In Op Ed In Nyt

Iraqi Shiites Question In Op Ed In Nyt

Juan Cole

Iraqi Shiites [Question:] >In an op-ed in NYT today Frank Smyth says the great majority of Iraqi >Shi’is are Akhbaris, and hence do not follow the clerical leadership >characteristic of the rival school, dominant in Iran, the Usulis. >(Akhbaris believe in the ability of all believers to interpret the >Traditions, akhbar, of the Imams, while […]

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More On Pakistani Elections There Is

More On Pakistani Elections There Is

Juan Cole

More on Pakistani Elections There is increasing speculation in the Pakistani press that of the 272 seats in the Pakistani parliament, nearly half (around 120) will go to the Muslim League (QA), led by Mian Azhar. This wing of the Muslim League represents itself as hearkening back to the secular principles of Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad […]

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History News Network 9 30 02 Culture

History News Network 9 30 02 Culture

Juan Cole

History News Network 9-30-02: Culture Watch The Misuses of Anti-Semitism By Juan Cole Mr. Cole is professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History at the University of Michigan and author of Sacred Space and Holy War (I.B. Tauris, 2002). His website is: www.juancole.com. Harvard President Lawrence Summers has equated favoring university divestment from Israeli […]

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1 Yemen Has Arrested Four French

1 Yemen Has Arrested Four French

Juan Cole

1) Yemen has arrested four French nationals of Arab origin in a town 400 kilometers south of the capital of Sanaa on suspicion of having links to al-Qaeda. French officials say the 4 were studying at an Islamic Institute. French Muslim fundamentalists, especially those connected to the radical Armed Islamic Group, have been an important […]

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There Has Been Fighting South Of Mazar

There Has Been Fighting South Of Mazar

Juan Cole

There has been fighting south of Mazar-i Sharif in Samangan province between commanders loyal to Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostam and others loyal to Tajik warlord Ustad Atta Muhammad. 17 were killed late last week in the clashes. On Friday a powerful bomb destroyed 4 video shops in Gardez, in Eastern Afghanistan, but no one […]

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It Is Reported In Asharq Al Awsat That

It Is Reported In Asharq Al Awsat That

Juan Cole

It is reported in Asharq al-Awsat that Copenhagen’s more prominent Jewish notables called for and organized a demonstration on Saturday September 28 against against the policies of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. They were careful to say that this demonstration was not against the state of Israel, but against government policies of brutality against Palestinians, which […]

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East Germanys Spy Files Competing

East Germanys Spy Files Competing

Juan Cole

EAST GERMANY’S SPY FILES: COMPETING ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND OPENNESS Thought for the day: “Neighbours spied on the people living next door and there were instances of one spouse spying on the other, Dr Alexander Dix, Brandenburg’s Commissioner for Data Protection and the first in Germany with responsibility for access to information, told the International […]

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Of Three Persons Arrested In Peshawar

Of Three Persons Arrested In Peshawar

Juan Cole

Of the three persons arrested in Peshawar by Pakistani authorites off an FBI tip a couple days ago, one turns out to be a Tunisian who goes by various names–including Lutfi and Salim. He was a member of the Hamburg cell that plotted 9/11 and left Germany for Afghanistan shortly before that catastrophe. Once the […]

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