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Juan Cole

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Us Isolation On Iraq There Were Several

Us Isolation On Iraq There Were Several

Juan Cole

US Isolation on Iraq There were several international and national developments with regard to the coming US attack on Iraq on Wednesday. On Wednesday, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned in Bild that “any military attack on Iraq could destroy the international coalition against terrorism.” He said, “This fight (against terrorism) is not yet won and […]

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Realism Vs

Realism Vs

Juan Cole

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq One element of this debate, it seems to me is not in actual doubt. That is the very early and correct Bush administration identification of al-Qaida as the source of the attack. Moreover, this assessment was based on intelligence to which any president would have had access. The […]

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Realism Vs_05

Realism Vs_05

Juan Cole

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq Thanks to [TM] for further comments. He wrote: >Does Mr Cole believe that the current war in Afghanistan, and the coming >war in Iraq, are “humanitarian” interventions? One is a search-and-destroy >mission against the terrorists who attacked us, the other is to finally >remove the danger from an […]

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History News Network 7 29 02 Culture

History News Network 7 29 02 Culture

Juan Cole

History News Network 7-29-02: Culture Watch Should College Kids Be Required to Read About the Koran? By Juan Cole The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assigns three books to incoming students every year. This year, one of the books, by Michael Sells of Haverford College, is about the Koran. Amazingly, the assignment of […]

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Coming Showdown In Pakistan Pakistans

Coming Showdown In Pakistan Pakistans

Juan Cole

Coming Showdown in Pakistan Pakistan’s military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, was required by his country’s Supreme Court to hold parliamentary elections by October of 2002. He has attempted to set the elections up so that he could meet the formal requirement but keep most power in his own hands. Some of his moves have a populist […]

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Bluff On Iraq Article By Mary Dejevsky

Bluff On Iraq Article By Mary Dejevsky

Juan Cole

A Bluff on Iraq? The article by Mary Dejevsky in the Independent on the talk about an Iraq campaign being a “bluff” is foolish. There is not any doubt that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz intend to go to war against Baghdad, and the signs I’ve seen are that they have convinced President George W. Bush to […]

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Car Bomb That Driver Intended To Use To

Car Bomb That Driver Intended To Use To

Juan Cole

A car bomb that the driver intended to use to blow up government ministers in Kabul was intercepted when it had a collision. It is not clear if President Karzai was among the intended victims. Political parties in Pakistan are continuing to buck President Musharraf. There may well be a substantial confrontation between them and […]

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Ethnic Conflict Is On Rise In

Ethnic Conflict Is On Rise In

Juan Cole

Ethnic conflict is on the rise in Afghanistan, as evidenced by a number of incidents that do not appear to have been reported in the major U.S. media, though the brave and diligent wire service reporters on the ground have been filing them. These conflicts may well draw the United States military into one side […]

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor

Juan Cole

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (Igor Ivanov) is in Iraq, and reiterated his government’s opposition to a US strike on that country. He implied that the US has been lobbying the other members of the UN Security Council to go along. (France is also opposed, so far). Ivanov did, however, urge Iraq to bring back […]

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