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Security Summit Begins In Baghdad

Security Summit Begins In Baghdad

Juan Cole

Security Summit begins in Baghdad Saddam’s Judge Flees Iraq Reuters reports political violence on Friday: Sunni Arab guerrillas killed a Marine in a firefight in al-Anbar Province. Police found 10 bullet-riddled bodies in Baghdad. Snipers killed another 4 in the capital. In Hibhib, a Sunni Arab town north of the capital, guerrillas attacked a police […]

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Petraeus No Purely Military Solution

Petraeus No Purely Military Solution

Juan Cole

Petraeus: No Purely Military Solution Guerrillas capture Dhuluyia Police Station Gen. David Petraeus said in a press conference on Thursday that ultimately there is no military solution to the violence in Iraq, and that talks must be held with groups that feel marginalized in the new political situation. The groups that feel alienated are Sunni […]

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Cole In Salaon Is Bush Surge Already

Cole In Salaon Is Bush Surge Already

Juan Cole

Cole in Salon: “Is the Bush Surge already Failing My bi-weekly column at Salon.com is out: ‘ Is the Bush surge already failing? The president just gave a rosy assessment of his plan, but insurgents have adapted and Iraqis continue to be slaughtered. . . Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division […]

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Pilgrimage Massacre Kills 138 Wounds

Pilgrimage Massacre Kills 138 Wounds

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Pilgrimage Massacre Kills 138, Wounds 100s Major Mosul Jailbreak 9 US GIs were announced killed on Tuesday, 6 in a roadside bombing in Salahuddin Province north of Baghdad, and 3 more in Diyala to the northeast of the capital. Sunni Arab guerrillas on Tuesday targeted Shiite pilgrims on their way to the holy city of […]

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Libbys Lies Bushs Lies Irv Lewis Libby

Libbys Lies Bushs Lies Irv Lewis Libby

Juan Cole

Libby’s Lies, Cheney’s Lies Irv Lewis Libby is a convicted liar and perjurer, guilty of obstruction of justice. Unfortunately, he was not convicted of revealing to the public the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a covert operative at the CIA, who was working against Iranian development of nuclear weapons. It is time for the […]

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Book Market Bombing Kills 38 Wounds 105

Book Market Bombing Kills 38 Wounds 105

Juan Cole

Book Market Bombing Kills 38, Wounds 105; Shiite Pilgrims Targeted Guerrillas detonated a huge car bomb at the old book market at al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, killing at least 38 persons and wounding 105. The explosion destroyed 15 automobiles on the street and set many of the bookshops ablaze. The street was strewn with body […]

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Coalition Raids Police Intelligence

Coalition Raids Police Intelligence

Juan Cole

Coalition Raids Police Intelligence Center; Al-Maliki Protests Raid as Illegal; 4.5 Million Malnourished Iraqi Kids British soldiers accompanied by Iraqi forces raided a National Intelligence Center in the southern city of Basra. They said they discovered evidence of torture and accused the police running it of being terrorists involved in setting roadside bombs targetting British […]

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Allawi Maneuverings Continue Allawi To

Allawi Maneuverings Continue Allawi To

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Allawi Maneuverings Continue; Al-Maliki to Shuffle Cabinet, Cut out Sadrists; Huge Bomb at Ramadi Kills 12, Wounds 22 Al-Hayat reports that Iyad Allawi, a secular ex-Baathist Shiite who leads the Iraqi National List (25 seats in parliament), visited Kurdistan on Saturday. He is attempting to convince the Kurdistan Alliance to join his new coalition in […]

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Boles Guest Editorial Qaedization Of

Boles Guest Editorial Qaedization Of

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Boles Guest Editorial: the Qaedization of Iraq Dr. David Boles writes: I am becoming alarmed that no one is highlighting what appears to be a new and quite bald propaganda push to “Al-Qaida”-ize Iraq. Within the last week we have seen the following claims: WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice […]

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