Interview of Juan Cole on his book Gaza Yet Stands by Shubhda Chaudhary for her Middle East Insights YouTube channel. Dr. Chaudhary Dr. Shubhda Chaudhary […]
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US Soldier Killed; US Second to Eurozone;
I can still remember, as a child, the other children on the playground boasting that the US was the greatest country in the world, and […]
Reflections on Petraeus’s Comments On lack of Political Progress
General David Petraeus is quoted in WaPo as saying that no one, American or Iraqi, thinks that there has been sufficient political progress in light […]
Bomber Kills 18, Wounds 64; Archbishop Found Dead; Mahdi Army at Kut Shells US Base
A suicide bomber in a BMW killed 18 Iraqis in Baghdad on Thursday and wounded 64. With regard to yet another tragedy on Thursday, The […]
Iraq: $3 Trillion War
Aljazeera English on the $3 Trillion War in Iraq, as argued by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Linda J. Bilmes. Note […]
15 US Troops Killed Since Sunday; McCain more Hawkish than Bush
Guerrillas fired rockets at a US base south of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 3 US soldiers and wounding 2. An Iraqi civilian was also wounded. […]
Wave of Violence in Iraq Kills 62; March sees Spike in Violence; Is Fallon Fall Guy for McCain?
AP reports that political violence left 42 dead across Iraq on Tuesday, including the bombing of a bus near Nasiriya in the south. Actually, McClatchy […]
8 US Troops Killed; Bombings in Baghdad, Baladruz, Sulyamaniya; Pentagon: No Saddam-al-Qaeda Ties
Sunni Arab Iraqi guerrillas launched a four-pronged attack on their enemies on Monday. They killed eight US troops in two separate bombings, one in the […]
1799: French Pillage Palestinians
At the Napoleon’s Egypt blog, Gen. Berthier describes how the French, having failed to take the fortress at Acre, destroy the city’s aqueduct in revenge […]
Guest Editorial: Polk: The Iraq War and the Presidential Election
William R. Polk With all eyes fixed on the forthcoming election, we must consider the issues that will face whomever becomes our next president for […]