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Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water
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Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Israel’s Channel 14, Minister of Energy Eli Cohen said that “Gaza must remain in ruins for […]

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Iraq
Sadrist/ Badr Truce Breaks Down; Parliament Rejects Smaller Cabinet

Sadrist/ Badr Truce Breaks Down; Parliament Rejects Smaller Cabinet

It is awfully suspicious that as soon as a firm date was set for new provincial elections in Iraq (October 1), the truce broke down […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul Kill 6; Hilla Awakening Council Joins Strike

Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul Kill 6; Hilla Awakening Council Joins Strike

Two bombings shook Iraq Sunday morning. In the Misbah commercial center in the upscale Shiite Karrada district, a female suicide bomber detonated a belt bomb, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
4 Killed 17 Wounded in Tal Afar Mosque Bombing; Crisis of Water, Sewage in Baghdad;

4 Killed 17 Wounded in Tal Afar Mosque Bombing; Crisis of Water, Sewage in Baghdad;

AP reports that two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque congregation in the northern Turkmen city of Tal Afar on Friday. The first was stopped […]

Juan Cole

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Arato: "A Victory of the Better America?" Guest Editorial

Arato: "A Victory of the Better America?" Guest Editorial

The below is a guest editorial that will appear the coming week in Elet es Irodalom, a Hungarian weekly. (Hungarian journalists should please consider it […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadr City Bombing Kills 4, Wounds 30; Sadrists announce Mourning for Mughniyah

Sadr City Bombing Kills 4, Wounds 30; Sadrists announce Mourning for Mughniyah

The Herald Sun reports via correspondents in Baghdad, ‘ A bomb planted in a minibus ripped through a market in Baghdad’s teeming Sadr City neighbourhood […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Provincial Elections Set; Amnesty Announced for Prisoners; Muqtada Said to be in Qom

Provincial Elections Set; Amnesty Announced for Prisoners; Muqtada Said to be in Qom

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic on the passage by the Iraqi parliament of three important laws. These included the annual budget, a general amnesty that will […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Speaker Threatens to Dissolve Parliament; 13 Bodies found at Muqdadiya; 3 Students Killed near Balad Ruz

Speaker Threatens to Dissolve Parliament; 13 Bodies found at Muqdadiya; 3 Students Killed near Balad Ruz

The Daily Star summarizes reports coming out of Iraq that the Speaker of the House is threatening to dissolve parliament. Iraq’s legislature has been deadlocked […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Twin Massive Bombings Target Awakening Leaders; Thousands Protest Police Chief in Baquba; Pipeline Bombing Causes Outages

Twin Massive Bombings Target Awakening Leaders; Thousands Protest Police Chief in Baquba; Pipeline Bombing Causes Outages

Sunni Arab guerrillas deployed two massive car bombs in Baghdad to attack leaders of the Al-Anbar Awakening Council who were meeting in the city, killing […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
70 Killed or found Dead on Sunday; Big Bombing Near Balad: Baquba Clashes

70 Killed or found Dead on Sunday; Big Bombing Near Balad: Baquba Clashes

So first on Sunday, Sunni Arab guerrillas tried to overwhelm Iraqi security forces, Awakening Council members and US troops at two villages near Sinjar not […]

Juan Cole

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