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Juan Cole

Father Dease President Of University Of

Father Dease President Of University Of

Juan Cole

Father Dease, the president of the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, has reversed himself and invited Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at UST. Dease had been misled by a smear campaign against Tutu launched by the Zionist Organization of America, which was angered by the archbishop’s criticism of Israel for its mistreatment of the […]

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Attacks Increase in Iraq Militants Recruit Displaced Young Men

Attacks Increase in Iraq Militants Recruit Displaced Young Men

Juan Cole

The number of attacks in Iraq has increased in recent days, frustrating US military commanders who were hoping a corner had been turned and that violence would steadily be reduced. See below for Wednesday’s violence. Internally displaced Iraqis are finding it increasingly difficult to settle in another province, since provincial authorities do not want the […]

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Iraqi Television responds to Senate Soft Partition Plan Call for Biden to be declared Persona non Grata

Iraqi Television responds to Senate Soft Partition Plan Call for Biden to be declared Persona non Grata

Juan Cole

The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi television reaction to the US Senate vote in favor of a soft partition of Iraq. ‘Roundup of Iraqi TV Channels Coverage of US Senate Resolution on IraqIraq — OSC SummaryWednesday, October 10, 2007 Biladi Television [Shiite Da’wa Party (Islamic Call)] . . . In its 1700 GMT newscast […]

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57 Killed, 120 Wounded Turks Authorize Iraq Incursion

57 Killed, 120 Wounded Turks Authorize Iraq Incursion

Juan Cole

Guerrilla violence left at least 57 dead in Iraq on Tuesday, with 22 killed in two truck bombings in the northern refinery city of Baiji. The violence left nearly 120 wounded. (The attacks in Baiji appear to have targeted a tribal sheikh allied with the US.) Guerrillas set off three major bombs in Baghdad. A […]

KPFK: Threats to Academic Freedom

KPFK: Threats to Academic Freedom

Juan Cole

A podcast from KPFK on the threats to academic freedom emanating from the Israel lobby, including comments from Laurie Brand (chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom at the Middle East Studies Association); and a firsthand account of what happened to Desmond Tutu at the University of St. Thomas. If you have your own blog, […]

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British Troop Drawdown from Basra

British Troop Drawdown from Basra

Juan Cole

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Monday to pull 3,000 British troops out of Basra by March of 2008, leaving only 2500, with those to be withdrawn by the end of that year. Brown’s office says that the drawdown was approved by US Gen. David Petraeus. Military analysts point out that the effective force […]

University of St. Thomas Law School Protests Exclusion of Desmond Tutu

University of St. Thomas Law School Protests Exclusion of Desmond Tutu

Juan Cole

University of St. Thomas Law School faculty weighs in on the refusal of a speaking invitation to Archbishop Desmond Tutu (pacifist, anti-Apartheid activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize), on grounds that his criticisms of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians are hurtful to Jewish feelings and therefore anti-Semitic. (See also Colleen Rowley at Huffington). […]

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Al-Maliki: Blackwater Guards Murderers Obama Slams Private Security Firms PKK Kills 13 Turkish Troops

Al-Maliki: Blackwater Guards Murderers Obama Slams Private Security Firms PKK Kills 13 Turkish Troops

Juan Cole

According to the NYT, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office on Sunday accused the Blackwater security company of deliberately murdering civilians. Spokesman Ali Dabbagh said that the private guards should be tried for the crime. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has taken the lead in criticizing Blackwater and other private security firms in Iraq. He points […]

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Forewarned Is Forearmed: Bush On Iran

Forewarned Is Forearmed: Bush On Iran

Juan Cole

Courtesy R. J. Eidelson at YouTube.

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