Informed Comment - Part 2453

"Al-Qaeda" Deploys Widows as Suicide Bombers in Iraq: Fayyad

courtesy al-Sharq al-Awsat The misery of the some 2 million widows in Iraq has security implications. Ma’d Fayyad reports in Arabic that fundamentalist Sunni guerrillas […]

Juan Cole

Iraq

Iraqi TV Channels Carry Reactions to Fifth War Anniversary

The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi television reactions to the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq Iraqi TV Channels Carry Reactions to […]

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Iran: Danger and Opportunity; Polk Guest Op-Ed

William R. Polk writes: Cassandra and Yogi Berra are an unlikely pair, but I hear both of their voices today. Cassandra, like some of us, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq

The Arab Conscience and the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War

The below is part of an anti-war “opera” sung by the most famous of the Arab videoclip stars (Nancy Ajram and Cheb Khalid are featured […]

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Egyptian Politics

For my class, reports on Mubarak’s Egypt: Journeyman pictures clip on the Muslim Brotherhood and Kefaya in Egypt, 2005 Journeyman Pictures clip on Islamic Jihad […]

Juan Cole

Iraq

5 Years, 5 Lies: Cole in Salon

My fortnightly column for Salon.com is now up, commemorating the 5th anniversary of Bush’s invasion of Iraq: “Five years of Iraq lies:” How President Bush […]

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Obama, Race and the Dynamism of America

I listened to Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race issues as a resident of the Detroit area. Barack Obama was talking about something very personal […]

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Obama: "A More Perfect Union"

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama“A More Perfect Union”Constitution CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania First the video, then the text of the speech, below: “We the people, in order […]

Juan Cole

Iraq