Juan Cole

New Abu Ghuraib Photos Published Bombs in Baghdad A series of bombings killed at least 8 persons and wounded over a dozen in Baghdad on Wednesday. Four guerrillas were killed in running street battles with US forces. Four bodies showing signs of torture were discovered in the Shula district of the capital. The revelation of […]

Sunni Guerrilla Movement Consolidating, Implacable: ICG The International Crisi Group has released a study of the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement in Iraq, using internet posting, videos and other sources over the past two years. Reuters discusses the report here. While ICG stresses the importance of the internet, some observers fear that Abu Ghuraib prison itself […]

Top Ten Ways Iraq is like Harry Whittington 1. Cheney attacked secular Iraq, mistaking it for an ally of Usamah Bin Laden. Cheney attacked Harry Whittington, mistaking him for a small bird. 2. Iraq has been peppered with Cheney’s munitions. Whittington has been peppered with Cheney’s munitions. 3. Cheney did not have a legal license […]

Basra Province Boycotts British, demands Danish Withdrawal Thousands of Islamist Kurds demonstrate against Caricatures Guerrillas at Balad, a largely Shiite town north of Baghdad, killed a local clan leader and his family at his farm on Tuesday, leaving 8 dead. There were other killings in various places. The elected provincial government of Basra has ended […]

Plame Wilson Had worked on Iran Anti-Proliferation Valerie Plame Wilson and her team at the CIA were working on Iran counter-prolifetation efforts, according to Larisa Alexandrovna of Raw Story. It has been known for some time that she was involved in anti-proliferation activities, but that her main concern was Iran is new. Plame Wilson was […]

Guerrilla Violence Kills 26, Wounds 47 Negotiations on New Government Begin A suicide bomber detonated his belt at a line of persons in Shiite East Baghdad waiting for government checks on Monday, killing at least 15 and wounding 30. Guerrillas shot to death 5 members of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq in […]

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Jaafari Wins on Basis of Dawa, Sadrist Vote Some Question Stability of United Iraqi Alliance in Aftermath Al-Zaman/AFP reports that the internal vote of the fundamentalist United Iraqi Alliance that elected Ibrahim Jaafari their candidate for prime minister in the next government was conducted by secret ballot. It appears that the two MPs who ran […]

Jaafari Prime Minister 2006-2010 But is not Allowed on US Television Breaking news: The United Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of Shiite fundamentalist parties, has chosen Ibrahim Jaafari to be prime minister of Iraq for the next four years. The UIA had hoped to avoid going to an up and down vote, but was forced into […]