*The Iranian courts–get this–have according to some sources sentenced two pollsters to 7-8 years in prison because their poll showed that a majority of Iranians […]

Saudi astronaut Sultan b. Salman b. Abdul-Aziz, the first Arab Muslim in space, said that the accident in which the shuttle Columbia was destroyed was […]

*Asharq al-Awsat reports that in private, many Iraqi embassy staff abroad have begun thinking about a post-Saddam Iraq and what it will mean for their […]

*British authorities have been casting about for some way to deal with Abu Hamza Misri, the fiery engineer-cum-preacher at Finsbury Park mosque who has preached […]

Fri Jan 31 02:36:10 2003 To: “[FS]” From: Juan Cole Subject: Re: FW: all sing X-Eudora-Signature: Dear [S]: This is delicious! cheers Juan At 04:20 […]

Thu Jan 30 13:44:34 2003 To: infoco@yahoogroups.com From: Juan Cole Subject: 30 Jan. 2003 X-Eudora-Signature: *The question was raised on a list of what would […]

*The question was raised on a list of what would happen if the US invaded Iraq and found there were not weapons of mass destruction […]

Republished from Cole’s private email archives, 7/1/2012 Thu Jan 30 12:21:18 2003 To: [JP] From: Juan Cole Subject: Re: Iraq WMD – Potential or Actual? […]

Published from Cole’s private email archives 7/1/2012 Wed Jan 29 11:43:49 2003 To: xxx From: Juan Cole Subject: Re: Fwd: Iraqi defectors? X-Eudora-Signature: Dear xxx: […]