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Juan Cole

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Fourth Of July Puzzle Our Game For 4th

Fourth Of July Puzzle Our Game For 4th

Juan Cole

Fourth of July Puzzle Our game for the 4th is to identify how many of the complaints Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues directed against Britain and King George in the Declaration of Independence could either: 1. be directed by the current American public against the Bush Administration or 2. be directed by ordinary Iraqis against […]

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Sunni Bloc Withdraws From Parliament

Sunni Bloc Withdraws From Parliament

Juan Cole

Sunni Bloc Withdraws from Parliament AMS Condemns US over Rape Adnan Dulaimi of the Iraqi Accord Front (Sunni Arab fundamentalist) announced Sunday that his bloc had suspended its participation in parliament in protest against the kidnapping of one of its members. Taysir al-Mashhadani, a woman MP from Baqubah, was captured by gunmen on Saturday. The […]

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Israelis Bombard Palestinian Prime

Israelis Bombard Palestinian Prime

Juan Cole

Israelis Bombard Palestinian Prime Minister’s Offices Israeli war planes attacked the offices of Palestinian Prime Minsiter Ismail Haniyah of the Hamas Party early on Sunday morning, setting them afire. This looks so little like a rescue effort for missing Israeli serviceman, and so much like a war, that I am persuaded now of the theory […]

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Massive Bomb In Sadr City Kills 74

Massive Bomb In Sadr City Kills 74

Juan Cole

Massive Bomb in Sadr City Kills 74, Wounds 114 Bin Laden Warns on Shiite Militias Guerrillas detonated a massive car bomb at a market in Sadr City (Shiite East Baghdad). Late reports spoke of 74 dead [Ar.] and nearly 200 wounded, with the numbers likely to rise. The massacre came as Usamah Bin Laden issued […]

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Poll Iraq Could Cost Republicans In

Poll Iraq Could Cost Republicans In

Juan Cole

Poll: Iraq could cost Republicans in November Election Muqtada: US must Set Withdrawal Timetable A new poll shows that Bush is so disliked that for 36 percent of the public, his endorsement of a candidate would be a negative. Less that half that would view it as a positive. And although American men are evenly […]

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Iraq War Broke Back Of Us Counter

Iraq War Broke Back Of Us Counter

Juan Cole

Iraq War Broke Back of US Counter-Terrorism: Experts Fresh bombings and assassinations, and the discovery of 18 bodies brought the death toll in Iraq on Thursday to some 34. A new poll of counter-terrorism and national security experts finds that 84 percent of them believe the US is not winning the war on terror, and […]

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Members Of Israeli Parliament On Gaza

Members Of Israeli Parliament On Gaza

Juan Cole

Members of Israeli Parliament on the Gaza Operation The USG Open Document Center translates this report from Israeli news broadcasts in Hebrew: Israel: Islamic Movement, MKs Comment on Gaza OperationIsrael — OSC ReportThursday, June 29, 2006 T17:23:50Z Ro’i Nahmias reports at 1036 GMT on Ynetnews: “The northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel aggressively […]

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Israel Detains Palestinian Ministers

Israel Detains Palestinian Ministers

Juan Cole

Israel Detains Palestinian Ministers Knocks out Electricity to Half of Gazans Half of the Palestinians in Gaza, who were already living pretty miserable lives after decades of marginalization and brutalization by the Israelis, were left without electricity yesterday. Palestinian officials like Saeb Erekat rejected the idea that knocking out electricity for hundreds of thousands of […]

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Bombings In Baghdad Baquba Mahaweel

Bombings In Baghdad Baquba Mahaweel

Juan Cole

Bombings in Baghdad, Baquba, Mahaweel Guerrilla Groups offer Truce if US will Withdraw Reuters details Iraq’s ongoing civil war violence: Guerrillas bombed a market in the Shiite quarter of Kadhimiyah, Baghdad, killing one person and wounding 8. Guerrillas detonated a car bomb near a throng of workers who had gathered to look for work at […]

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