Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The strategic situation in Syria is dire for the Baathist government of Bashar al-Assad. Typically in military history, if an […]
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French President Jacques Chirac Issued
French President Jacques Chirac issued a blunt and forceful warning today to the Bush administration that for it to launch a unilateral attack on Iraq […]
Chirac Warns Bush not to Launch a Unilateral Attack on Iraq
[published from Cole’s private email archives, 6/30/12] Sat Jan 18 02:34:32 2003 To: infoco@yahoogroups.com From: Juan Cole Subject: Chirac warns on Iraq French President Jacques […]
President Bush Yesterday Came Out
* President Bush yesterday came out against the University of Michigan’s admissions process, calling it a quota system because it takes race into account. What […]
From H Levant Editor Subject Cole On
From: H-LEVANT Editor Subject: Cole on Lewis, _What Went Wrong?_ To: H-LEVANT@H-NET.MSU.EDU Bernard Lewis. What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response. New York: […]
Egypts President Husni Mubarak
Egypt’s president Husni Mubarak yesterday conducted a summit with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Riyad, in part over the looming Iraq war. Both […]
War with Iraq Certain
[published from Cole’s private email archives, 6/30/12] From ???@??? Wed Jan 15 02:14:21 2003 X-Sender: jrcole@j.imap.itd.umich.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 To: XXXXX@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: […]
Thanks To Mm And Others For Reactions
Thanks to [MM] and others for reactions to this posting on the UAE Islamic law conference and the issue of suicide bombings. War is a […]
Asharq Al Awsat Reports Today That
Asharq al-Awsat reports today that a contentious debate broke out in the UAE at the 14th Annual conference of the International Congress for Islamic Law […]
Palestinian Childrens Health Declines
Palestinian Childrens’ Health Declines under Sharon According to Asharq al-Awsat, a just-released Palestinian study reports that 33% of Palestinian elementary school children in the Gaza […]