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Juan Cole

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Musharraf Resigns

Musharraf Resigns

Juan Cole

Al-Jazeera International on the career of Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf, who just stepped down to avoid impeachment.

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Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia

Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia

Juan Cole

Ooops. Fox News Interviews an Ossetian-American 12-year-old girl who thanks Russian troops for saving her from Georgian aggression. But Fox News was obviously not happy with the way the interview went. Gee,that isn’t that master narrative in the US military-information complex. Hat tip: Technorati.com. (Of course the Russians contravened international law, too, but Saakashvili’s attack […]

Iraq
Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation; Seniora to Baghdad

Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation; Seniora to Baghdad

Juan Cole

A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed 15 and wounded 29 in al-Adhamiya on Sunday. This neighborhood is what’s left of the Sunni enclave on the eastern side of the Tigris, and the bombing appears to have targeted a local Awakening Council leader, Faruq al-Ubaidi, who was killed. The US-financed Awakening Councils and the Qutbist vigilantes […]

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Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk Crisis

Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk Crisis

Juan Cole

The struggle over the oil city of Kirkuk has so far derailed provincial elections in Iraq. Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk crisis (part 1) Aljazeera International on the Kirkuk crisis (part 2) The USG Open Source Center translates an item from the Kurdish Press ‘ Iraqi Kurdish MP says USA not a real allyHawlatiSaturday, August […]

Iraq
Bombers hit Karbala Pilgrims for Third Straight Day

Bombers hit Karbala Pilgrims for Third Straight Day

Juan Cole

Bombers struck at Shiite pilgrims for the third straight day on Sunday, killing as many as six new victims. This despite extensive security measures in the holy city of Karbala. The city was divided into eight districts, with checkpoints and body searches. Teams of female inspectors checked women for bombs. US and Iraqi aircraft did […]

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Aljazeera: War Crimes in Georgia and Ossetia

Aljazeera: War Crimes in Georgia and Ossetia

Juan Cole

Ethnic cleansing of Georgians by Ossetians? Georgian plans to wipe out Ossetians? Aljazeera International reports on claims and counter-claims of war crimes.

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McSame is Getting even More Same

McSame is Getting even More Same

Juan Cole

“Approval Ratings: The Public v. McCain”

Iraq
Kahl: Iran Tamed Mahdi Army; Al-Maliki May attack Sunni Awakening Councils

Kahl: Iran Tamed Mahdi Army; Al-Maliki May attack Sunni Awakening Councils

Juan Cole

Colin Kahl, just back from Iraq, gave a briefing that Gareth Porter attended. He reports that: 1. US officials in Baghdad are genuinely worried that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has become “over-confident” about his military capabilities and has therefore become unreasonably difficult to deal with over the proposed status of forces agreement on the rules […]

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Musharraf said on Verge of Resigning

Musharraf said on Verge of Resigning

Juan Cole

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will likely resign before Monday. Musharraf could only have stayed in power in one of three ways. He would have had to be able to block a 2/3s impeachment vote against him in the senate, where his Muslim League (Q) still holds a plurality of seats. Or he would have had […]

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