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Juan Cole

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Taguba And Cambone Clash On Prison

Taguba And Cambone Clash On Prison

Juan Cole

Taguba and Cambone Clash on Prison Torture Responsibility No one is a better friend to historians than a military or civilian official who doesn’t know he is supposed to lie about some things. The WP reports, “Taguba said that when control of the prison was turned over to military intelligence officials, they had authority over […]

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Taguba And Cambone Clash On Prison

Taguba And Cambone Clash On Prison

Juan Cole

Taguba and Cambone Clash on Prison Torture Responsibility No one is a better friend to historians than a military or civilian official who doesn’t know he is supposed to lie about some things. The WP reports, “Taguba said that when control of the prison was turned over to military intelligence officials, they had authority over […]

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Signs Of Negotiated Settlement In Najaf

Signs Of Negotiated Settlement In Najaf

Juan Cole

Signs of a Negotiated Settlement in Najaf But Clashes Continue at Kufa, Karbala az-Zaman: The Coalition and Muqtada al-Sadr exchanged letters via mediators during the past thirty-six hours, which may be fateful. Signs of flexibility were apparent in Muqtada’s response to ending the crisis, assuming that the American side would accept negotiations on the basis […]

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Signs Of Negotiated Settlement In

Signs Of Negotiated Settlement In

Juan Cole

Signs of a Negotiated Settlement in Najaf But Clashes Continue at Kufa, Karbala az-Zaman: The Coalition and Muqtada al-Sadr exchanged letters via mediators during the past thirty-six hours, which may be fateful. Signs of flexibility were apparent in Muqtada’s response to ending the crisis, assuming that the American side would accept negotiations on the basis […]

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Sistani Favors Brahimi Plan Grand

Sistani Favors Brahimi Plan Grand

Juan Cole

Sistani Favors Brahimi Plan Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, according to UN sources, approves of the transition plan of Lakhdar Brahimi for Iraq, which consists of establishing a caretaker Iraqi government on June 30 and then holding elections no later than January of 2005. Sistani at this point fears social chaos above all else, and wants […]

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Sistani Favors Brahimi Plan Grand

Sistani Favors Brahimi Plan Grand

Juan Cole

Sistani Favors Brahimi Plan Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, according to UN sources, approves of the transition plan of Lakhdar Brahimi for Iraq, which consists of establishing a caretaker Iraqi government on June 30 and then holding elections no later than January of 2005. Sistani at this point fears social chaos above all else, and wants […]

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Sadrists Launch Wider Insurgency In

Sadrists Launch Wider Insurgency In

Juan Cole

Sadrists Launch Wider Insurgency in South az-Zaman Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Monday to widen the scope of their military operations against the Coalition to the entirety of Iraq, in an attempt to escalate the military situation after the breakdown of negotiations aimed at mediating between Muqtada and the Coalition. They foundered on the Coalition […]

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Sadrists Launch Wider Insurgency In

Sadrists Launch Wider Insurgency In

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Sadrists Launch Wider Insurgency in South az-Zaman Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Monday to widen the scope of their military operations against the Coalition to the entirety of Iraq, in an attempt to escalate the military situation after the breakdown of negotiations aimed at mediating between Muqtada and the Coalition. They foundered on the Coalition […]

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Us Ordered Spanish To Bring In Muqtada

Us Ordered Spanish To Bring In Muqtada

Juan Cole

US Ordered Spanish to Bring in Muqtada ‘Dead or Alive’ Spanish Command predicted “Large-Scale Military Response” The new Spanish Minister of Defense, Jose Bono, is drawing the curtain from some of the events of early April when the US authorities in Iraq decided to attempt to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr in the wake of his self-identification […]

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