Juan Cole

Israel Connection to Abu Ghraib Scandal? Wayne Madsen a former National Security Council staffer, explores the evidence for an Israeli connection to the prison torture scandal in Iraq. He seems to suggest a possible nexus between Israeli ex-security men trained in anti-Palestinian torture techniques and the private security contractors.

More Arguments with Bush I just want to make a few observations about President Bush’s remarks on Monday: Transcript: Bush Gives Rumsfeld Vote of Confidence Monday, May 10, 2004; 12:32 PM “BUSH: Mr. Secretary, thank you for your hospitality, and thank you for your leadership. You are courageously leading our nation in the war against […]

More Arguments with Bush I just want to make a few observations about President Bush’s remarks on Monday: Transcript: Bush Gives Rumsfeld Vote of Confidence Monday, May 10, 2004; 12:32 PM “BUSH: Mr. Secretary, thank you for your hospitality, and thank you for your leadership. You are courageously leading our nation in the war against […]

Hersh: Photographing Torture Was itself a Form of Coercion Journalist Seymour Hersh came out with several revelations concerning US torture of POWs on Sunday. He reveals the logic behind it, and says he has seen a picture of an Iraqi prisoner with a gaping hole in his leg where he was bitten by a military […]

Hersh: Photographing Torture Was itself a Form of Coercion Journalist Seymour Hersh came out with several revelations concerning US torture of POWs on Sunday. He reveals the logic behind it, and says he has seen a picture of an Iraqi prisoner with a gaping hole in his leg where he was bitten by a military […]

East Baghdad Rebels against US Rule Daniel Williams of the Washington Post penetrates the fog of war and concludes that the US has been thrown out of the Shiite ghetto of East Baghdad, called Sadr City. He says that the cadres of Muqtada al-Sadr have set up checkpoints, set garbage and tires afire, and mobilized […]

East Baghdad Rebels against US Rule Daniel Williams of the Washington Post penetrates the fog of war and concludes that the US has been thrown out of the Shiite ghetto of East Baghdad, called Sadr City. He says that the cadres of Muqtada al-Sadr have set up checkpoints, set garbage and tires afire, and mobilized […]

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Makes his move al-Hayat: The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) in Iraq organized a demonstration in Najaf Sunday in support of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. (Implicitly, this rally served as a protest against Muqtada al-Sadr, the young radical whose sectarian movement challenges Sistani’s authority). ash-Sharq al-Awsat: At the same time, SCIRI […]

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Makes his move al-Hayat: The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) in Iraq organized a demonstration in Najaf Sunday in support of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. (Implicitly, this rally served as a protest against Muqtada al-Sadr, the young radical whose sectarian movement challenges Sistani’s authority). ash-Sharq al-Awsat: At the same time, SCIRI […]