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Musharraf Places Benazir Under House Arrest; Moderate Daily Slams US on Iraq
Pakistani dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf has ordered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto of the Pakistan People’s Party placed under house arrest at her residence in Islamabad. […]
Napoleon, Spukt, and Cole in Chicago at Oobleck
Theater Oobleck presents a conversation with Juan Cole of the “Informed Comment” blog and Chuck Mertz of the This is Hell radio program, to follow […]
The Choice in Pakistan is Democracy or Talibanization: Guest Op-ed by Shahin M. Cole
Shahin M. Cole, Esq., writes: ‘I am one of those Pakistan-trained lawyers you have been hearing about. I have spent the last few days watching […]
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Barnett Rubin warns that knee-jerk support for Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf is not exactly ‘realism’ of the sort some Washington politicians like to boast […]
Major Bombing of KDP HQ in Kirkuk 12 Dead; 14% of Iraqis Displaced
14 percent of Iraqis are now displaced from their homes. That would be the equivalent of 42 million Americans forced from their places of residence. […]
Extremists Expand in Swat Bhutto, Iftikhar Call for Rallies Media Defiant
While the Pakistani military is bothering innocent human rights activists and attorneys who want to defend the country’s constitution, it is ignoring Muslim radicals’ advances […]
Massive Bombing in Afghanistan Kills 50, including 6 MPs
In a further sign that the Bush-imposed order in Afghanistan (and the Middle East) is unraveling, a suicide bomber in Baghlan near Kabul unleashed a […]
2007 Deadliest Year Yet for US Troops 30 Bodies found in Tharthar Shiite on Shiite Tensions in South
2007 will be the deadliest year yet for US troops in Iraq. Seven American soldiers were killed on Monday alone, bringing this year’s total to […]
Cole in Salon on Bush and Musharraf’s Grand Illusion
My article on the Pakistan crisis, “Bush and Musharraf’s Grand Illusion,” is now available online. Excerpt: ‘ In the fall of 1999, as he campaigned […]
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