Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]
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Iraqi Government takes Control of Camp Ashraf in 2nd Day of Fighting
AFP says that fighting went on for a second day on Wednesday inside the Camp Ashraf compound of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (People’s Holy Warriors or […]
Iraq Assault on Iranian Dissident Camp shows Growing Power of Shiite Hard Liners; Bank Heist May Signal Bankruptcy of Sunni Guerrillas
Iraqi security forces from the Ministry of the Interior raided Camp Ashraf, the stronghold of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) terrorist cult in eastern Iraq, on […]
Cole at Tomdispatch: Frenzy over the Pashtuns of Empire’s Frontier
My essay, “Armageddon at the Top of the World: Not!: A Century of Frenzy over the North-West Frontier,” has just been posted at Tomdispatch.com. Excerpt: […]
Polk: Waiting for the Obama We Elected: AfPak Wars, Permanent Detainees, and Dennis Ross
William R. Polk writes in a guest editorial for IC: Probably like most of you, I am engaged in a daily attempt to make up […]
Kurdistan’s ‘Change’ Claims Advance in Sulaimaniya; US Withdrawal From Iraq Could be Affected by Kurdish-Arab Conflict
On Sunday, the Change List in the Kurdistan Regional Government elections made the startling claim that it had won in Sulaimaniya, a long time stronghold […]
Afghanistan See Attacks Rise on Eve of Election
Update: Taliban in Kunduz in Afghanistan’s north attempted to assassinate warlord Muhammad Qasim Fahim on Sunday, but failed. One of his bodyguards was wounded in […]
Kurdistan Elections fateful for Iraq
Aljazeera English reports on the Kurdistan elections: For the first time in recent memory, the two major Kurdish parties (which are in a sense clans […]
Ahmadinejad Bows to Khamenei on First Vice President
This issue of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appointment of Esfandiyar Rahim-Masha’i as his first vice president came to a head on Friday. Rahim-Masha’i, the father of […]
Baghdad Furious over Secret US contact with Guerrillas; Iraq may Retain US Trainers beyond 2011
I have been saying for some time that the US military presence in Iraq is highly unlikely to completely end at the close of 2011. […]
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