Archives for 2007

Cole Interview on CNN Monday Cole on CNN. YOUR WORLD TODAY Aired January 29, 2007 – 12:00 ET JIM CLANCY, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Now, from the raging battle outside Iraq, to the political posturing by Washington and Tehran, what’s really at stake? Earlier, we spoke with Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle East history at […]

Fighters for Shiite Messiah Clash with Najaf Security, 250 Dead Over 60 Dead in Baghdad, Kirkuk Violence Well, a big battle took place at the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Saturday night into Sunday, but there are several contradictory narratives about its significance. Iraqi authorities, claimed that the Iraqi army killed a lot of […]

Elhanan Guest Editorial: Another Way for Israel Another Way for Israel Elik ElhananCombatants for PeaceVia The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace This is the message we want to bring to the American Jewish community: Let us try another way. In the eyes of many, the key to this conflict lies in the US. Your […]

7 US Troops Killed Bombing kills 13 in Baghdad, 40 Bodies Found Massive Anti-War Protest on Mall in DC It was announced Saturday that 7 US soldiers have been killed by guerrillas deploying roadside bombs in the past 3 days. I cannot see any sign in this Reuters roundup of violence in Iraq on Saturday […]

Dabbous Guest Editorial: Getting Home in Beirut My View from our Sunni-Beiruti Neighbourhood Eugène Richard Sensenig-Dabbous ‘For those of you who know Beirut, I drove from my office at the Maronite Catholic Notre Dame University Zouk Mosbeh up the hill from Jounieh) Thursday, via Sassine Square to Sodeco/Damascus Street at the north-western edge of predominantly […]

Gul: A Partitioned Iraq Means “Endless War” Bombings, Killings in Baghdad Leave 50 Dead Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is warning the US not to just leave Iraq in chaos, allowing a civil war that leads to partitioning the country– a situation that he says will lead to “endless war.” Gul is right about all […]

Karrada Bombing kills 26, 40 Bodies Found Maliki Threatens Sunni MP Reuters reports on political violence in Iraq’s ongoing civil war. In Baghdad: *Police found 40 bodies on Thursday, most of them showing signs of torture. *Guerrillas set off a car bomb in a shopping district of the Karrada neighborhood of downtown Baghdad, killing 26 […]

Battle at Haifa Street kills 30 Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejects Escalation The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to 9 for a non-binding resolution condemning the Bush administration’s escalation of the war. All but one of the 10 Republicans on the committee voted against it. The dissenter was Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. US […]

Iraqi Television on Bush’s State of the Union It is odd that US media seem completely uninterested in how Bush’s State of the Union speech was received in Iraq, where half of it would be implemented. The Open Source Center of the US Government did a report on this issue, below. Note that former Iraqi […]