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Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Begins Disarmament after 47 Years of Conflict with Türkiye
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Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Begins Disarmament after 47 Years of Conflict with Türkiye

Volkan Isbasaran

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]

A “Humanitarian City” of Ruins: The Final Displacement of Gaza

A “Humanitarian City” of Ruins: The Final Displacement of Gaza

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Bombs, Violence Kill 60 in Northern Iraq

Bombs, Violence Kill 60 in Northern Iraq

The massive violence in Iraq on Tuesday underlines that in the north, the US is mainly fighting Sunni Iraqis, some of them neo-Baathists. It is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
28 Killed in Wave of Violence; Sadr Demands Reinstatement of Sacked Troops

28 Killed in Wave of Violence; Sadr Demands Reinstatement of Sacked Troops

AFP reports: ‘ A surge of violence killed 28 people in the past 24 hours in Iraq, among them 12 members of the Kurdish peshmerga […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bhasin Guest Editorial: Bilal Hussein and Freedom in Iraq

Bhasin Guest Editorial: Bilal Hussein and Freedom in Iraq

Fantasizing Democratic Freedoms in Iraq Madhavi Bhasin Associated Press (AP) photographer Bilal Hussein has been held for two year on being suspected of helping Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Allam: Chalabi in Sadr City

Allam: Chalabi in Sadr City

The intrepid Hannah Allam of the McClatchy news service has more on the visit of Ahmad Chalabi to Sadr City to present his condolences to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Government Fires 1300 Troops; Muqtada Pledges Defiance of US

Iraqi Government Fires 1300 Troops; Muqtada Pledges Defiance of US

The Iraqi government has discharged 1300 officers, troops and policemen who declined to fight the Mahdi Army of Muqtada al-Sadr in late March. Most of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iran Supported al-Maliki against Militias: OSC; Is the Baker Plan Back? Did Iran Expel Muqtada?

Iran Supported al-Maliki against Militias: OSC; Is the Baker Plan Back? Did Iran Expel Muqtada?

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney initially rejected the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report, which advised that Iraq could not be solved militarily and that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Najaf under Curfew; As Sadr Brother-in-Law Killed; 13 Killed in Baghdad Clashes

Najaf under Curfew; As Sadr Brother-in-Law Killed; 13 Killed in Baghdad Clashes

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Shiite holy city of Najaf is under a strict curfew after a drive by shooting that killed Riyad al-Nuri, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq; 10 Killed in Sadr City; Al-Maliki Excludes Sadrists

Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq; 10 Killed in Sadr City; Al-Maliki Excludes Sadrists

War turns Republics into dictatorships. The logic is actually quite simple. The Constitution says that the Congress is responsible for declaring war. But in 2002 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Curfews, Clashes, Protests and Mortars; Five Years after Fall of Saddam; 5 US Troops Die; 23 Iraqis Wounded in Sadr City

Curfews, Clashes, Protests and Mortars; Five Years after Fall of Saddam; 5 US Troops Die; 23 Iraqis Wounded in Sadr City

April 9, yesterday, marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein. But for many Iraqis, it was more notable for marking the beginning […]

Juan Cole

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