Juan Cole

Iraq Jittery over Saddam Verdict Dozens of Sunnis killed by Police Commandos Special Police Commandoes killed 53 al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq on Saturday, according to Iraqi officials. Or you could say that Shiite death squads infiltrated into the special police commandos killed 53 Sunni Arab guerrillas. Just to make sure everyone is unhappy all at […]

Top Ten Ways we know We have Lost in Iraq Top Ten Ways you can tell we have have lost in Iraq: 10. When your daily news frequently includes an item like this: Reuters reports that ‘Police found 56 bodies and a severed head in different parts of Baghdad over the last 24 hours, an […]

Chirac Calls for Withdrawal Timetable 5 GIs die in Iraq Bombings, killings continued apace. The US military announced the deaths of 5 US GIs by Iraqi guerrillas on Thursday. Guerrillas in east Baghdad killed three US soldiers with a roadside bomb. In al-Anbar province, a US marine died from earlier injuries inflicted by the enemy. […]

Iraqi Government Negotiations with Sunni Guerrillas The US Government Open Source Center translates the following from al-Ra’y: ‘Iraqi Reconciliation Conference Postponed ‘To Allow For More Time for Dialogue’ Report by Faysal Malkawi in Amman: “Contacts Between US Officials and Armed Factions… …and the Postponement of the Reconciliation Conference. The Iraqi Government Meets Representatives of the […]

3 GIs Killed 55 Dead in Killings, Bombings US Plans Ramadi Assault The LA Times reports that the deaths of 3 US GIs were announced on Wednesday: ‘ U.S. military officials announced the deaths of two troops a day earlier in Al Anbar province in western Iraq, raising to at least 105 the number of […]

2 US Troops Killed; 42 Shiites Kidnapped; Wedding Bombed in Baghdad; Maliki orders US Troops out of Sadr City Iraqi guerrillas killed two US GIs on Monday, bringing the one-month death toll for October to 103. Sunni Arab guerrillas near Tikrit north of Baghdad set up checkpoints, stopped minivans, and asked the passengers if they […]

Kaufmann: Iraq Partition Fait Accompli Chaim Kaufmann writes ‘ Juan, your piece in Salon objecting to a possible partition of Iraq is factually right about virtually everything — but addresses the wrong question: The issue is no longer whether to partition Iraq, but whether anyone can stop Iraq from partitioning itself. In the North a […]

Saudis Warn against Partition Day of Rage leaves 83 Dead Another US GI was reported killed on Monday. That brings the total about 101 in October. My article in Salon.com on what a bad idea partitioning Iraq would be has been published on the Web. Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Turki al-Faisal warned […]

Sadr City Bombing on Monday Kills 29, wounds 60 At Least 83 Killed Sunday In Basra, Bombers target Police Sunni Arab guerrillas killed a US Marine on Sunday, bringing to 100 the death toll for US troops in Iraq during the month of October. It is one of the deadliest months since the war began. […]