Juan Cole

Nearly 30 Dead in Basra Bombing, 62 Wounded Political violence in the Iraqi Civil War left 44 dead on Saturday in an arc that stretched from the far south to the northeast of the country. In Basra, guerrillas used a car bomb to kill 28 persons (according to late reports) and wound 62. The bomber […]

14 Killed, 71 Wounded Maliki Demands Haditha File from US 14 deaths were from political violence were announced on Friday, according to Reuters, from bombings and assassinations around Iraq. In the most deadly single incident, “Two roadside bombs went off in an old and popular street market in central Baghdad, killing at least five people […]

Fate of Palestinian Refugees in Iraq It is hell to be stateless. From the USG Open Source Center: ‘ PLO’s Al-Agha: Palestinian Killings in Iraq Part of US-Israeli Settlement ConspiracyReport by Al-Quds correspondent in Gaza: “Dr Al-Agha: It Is a US-Israeli Conspiracy To Force Settlement [of Palestinians]. The Refugees’ Department Condemns the Killing of Palestinians […]

Maliki condemns Haditha Massacre 26 Dead in Violence 56 percent of Americans say that going to war against Iraq in 2003 was the wrong thing to do. And, nearly half say that the US should now either get all troops out or begin withdrawing troops. In fact, nearly 30 percent say all troops should be […]

Ishaqi Massacre Emerges in Wake of Haditha The BBC has received video footage that appears to implicate US troops in the killing of 11 Iraqi civilians at Ishaqi on March 15, and in a subsequent cover-up attempt. The BBC report, and interviews with local police, along with the video, supplied by a Sunni religious group […]

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Calls on Shiite Religious Authorities to Prohibit Attacks on Sunnis in Basra From the USG Open Source Center, an article on Jordan’s Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood there, calling on Khamenei, Sistani, Fadlullah and others to forbid attacks on Sunnis. The immediate context is the fears of […]

Maliki Declares State of Emergency in Basra 42 Bodies Found, Guerrilla Bombings Kill and Maim in Baghdad, Mosul US Troops Accidentally Shoot Pregnant Mother Reuters reports the following major violence in the Iraqi Civil War, along with many more smaller attacks in which only one or two persons died or were injured: In Mosul in […]

Deteriorating Security in Diyala From Reuters: reports on major violence in the ongoing Iraqi Civil War on Tuesday: ‘ BAGHDAD – A car bomb killed at least 25 people and wounded 65 in the northern Baghdad district of Husa[y]niya, police said. HILLA – A suicide bomber in a car killed at least 12 people and […]

Kabul under Curfew after Anti-US, anti-Karzai Riots 14 Dead, over 100 Wounded 50 Killed in US Airstrike “We have conducted a thorough assessment of our military and reconstruction needs in Iraq, and also in Afghanistan. I will soon submit to Congress a request for $87 billion. The request will cover ongoing military and intelligence operations […]