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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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Bryer On Source Of Mines Used In Iraq

Bryer On Source Of Mines Used In Iraq

Juan Cole

Bryer on Source of Mines Used in Iraq Philip Bryer writes:

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Army Secretary Forced To Resign Police

Army Secretary Forced To Resign Police

Juan Cole

Army Secretary Forced to Resign; Police Hostages Executed over Rape Charges Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey was forced to resign Friday over the scandal of substandard conditions at a wing of Walter Reed Hospital. Note that all the time Donald Rumsfeld was in office, and despite horrible errors, no one ever had to resign, […]

Iraq War
Iran Efp Story New Yellowcake Scandal

Iran Efp Story New Yellowcake Scandal

Juan Cole

Iran EFP Story a New “Yellowcake” Scandal? An informed reader writes: Your reference to the Drew Brown McClatchy wire service report carried by the Mercury News about possible Sunni involvement in the IEDs and EFPs that have allegedly killed upwards of 170 Americans could be the tendrils of the new “Yellowcake” scandal of the Administration’s […]

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Violence In Iraqi Provinces Allawi

Violence In Iraqi Provinces Allawi

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Violence in Iraqi Provinces Allawi withdrawal, Coup Rumors Sunni Arab guerrillas killed a Marine in al-Anbar Province on Thursday. Guerrillas in Falluja blew up a police wedding, killing 7 and wounding 10. Guerrillas in East Baghdad set off a bomb, targetting a minibus full of government employees, killing one person and wounding 4. Guerrillas in […]

Iraq War
Osc Regional Press Reaction To Us In

Osc Regional Press Reaction To Us In

Juan Cole

OSC: Regional Press Reaction to US in Baghdad Parley The US government Open Source Center surveys and paraphrases the Middle Eastern press reaction to the news that the US will attend the conference of foreign ministers to be held in Baghdad, which will include Iran and Syria: “OSC Analysis 01 Mar: Middle East on US […]

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Us Military Exaggerated Deaths From

Us Military Exaggerated Deaths From

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US Military Exaggerated Deaths from Shiite Militias; EFPs used by Sunnis in Sunni Areas; No significant Drop in Casualties with Security Plan Sunni Arab guerrillas account for 90 percent of deadly attacks on US troops in Iraq, concludes Drew Brown of the McClatchy wire service. He shows, as well, that explosively formed projectiles were used […]

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