Archives for July 2005

Dulaimi to Iran: No attack by US from Iraq AMS Repudiates Call for Sunni Votes Al-Hayat reports that Iraqi Minister of Defense Saadoun Dulaimi is now in Iran for consultations with his opposite number, in preparation for the visit next week of Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to Tehran. Sources close to Jaafari told al-Hayat that […]

Russia, China, Central Asia Call for US Withdrawal The members of something called the Shanghai Cooperation Council are trying to push the United States back out of Central Asia. The SCO consists of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, and Russia. The US essentially came into their territories or spheres of influence in 2001 to prosecute […]

Bahrain Diplomat Wounded in Baghdad Bombing Near Iran Embassy The Bahraini charge d’affaires in Baghdad was shot in the hand while he was on his way to work Tuesday morning. He was taken to Yarmouk Hospital. This was likely an assassination attempt by guerrillas. Guerrillas also set off a bomb that targeted a US convoy […]

British Operations in Southern Iraq A British reservist writes: With regard to your recent comment regarding the South of Iraq: “Most of that area has fallen into the hands of religious Shiite militias anyway, and I doubt the British get out of their barracks all that much.” I returned last April from Basra after serving […]

Legalistic War A US military reader in Iraq writes: You wrote “These incidents show a benefit to the guerrillas of their car bomb attacks on US convoys, insofar as they create an atmosphere in which US soldiers and marines tend to shoot first and ask questions later, alienating ever more Iraqis by killing innocents”. ‘ […]

Egyptian Envoy Kidnapped Sunni Arab Demonstrations against SCIRI in Tikrit, Baghdad The chief of mission of the Egyptian embassy in Iraq was kidnapped late Saturday when he drove out to buy a newspaper, by two carloads of guerrillas who pistol-whipped him and accused him of being an American agent. Egypt was pressured by the US […]

Ahmadov on Iraq and Chechnya Guest comment from Azerbaijan comparing the Iraq and Chechnya Guerrilla Wars, by Dr. Alpay Ahmadov in Baku: . . . You cite Newsweek reports that Iraqi officials admit that the new security services are infiltrated and in detailed comment it. I would like to inform you that, the same happens […]

Saturday Toll 26 Killed, Nearly 50 Wounded Hilla Bombings Kill 6, Injure 26 Guerrilla violence killed 26 and injured nearly 50 altogether on Saturday. In Ramadi, a US helicopter caught fire while refueling, slighly injuring a crewman. The incident is being investigated. Associated Press reports that a guerrilla with a suicide bomb belt detonated his […]

Iranian-Iraqis returning, Expelling New Owners A reader writes from Iraq: “I picked up this document [Arabic pdf] from a disgruntled Iraqi in the Baghdad airport about a week ago.” [Cole: The Arabic petition complains that a regulation issued by Paul Bremer is having the effect of tossing him and many others out of their homes, […]