Juan Cole

Iraqis View Security Agreement as having a Flexible Timetable

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraqi cabinet approved the security agreement between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government. Out of 36 cabinet members, 28 were present for Sunday's vote (a lot of Iraqi...

Al-Maliki Backs Security Pact; Muqtada Calls for 'Universal Demonstration', Threatens Guerrilla...

From a Saturday, November 15, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog Al-Maliki Backs Security Pact; Muqtada Calls for 'Universal Demonstration', Threatens Guerrilla Strikes; Sistani Warns he May Intervene; McClatchy...

How Now Brown Cloud

"Atmospheric brown clouds" stretch from Dubai to Shanghai, intensifying global warming, reduce crop yields by blocking sunlight,and contribute to extreme weather that also hurts agriculture. Cities from Beijing to New Delhi are...

The Defense of the Nation

It will be assured by a well-executed presidential transition plan. The country is curious about whether current Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates will be staying on after President-elect Obama takes the oath of office. It...

All of you are an embarrassment to American liberalism

And I am using the you plural, the ustedes. For something like 6 years now you have been looking for neocons under your beds. The neocon you often describe is a phantom, a caricature, a straw man. The freedom community does not...

The Enemy of the Enemy of My Enemy…Oh, Forget It

Via Juan Cole comes the rather jaw-dropping news that Mullah Omar will be dropped from the U.S. State Department terrorist list.By U.S. standards, they don’t get much more terroristy than Mullah Omar, head of the Taliban and...

Obama Faces Major Challenge in Afghanistan/ Pakistan

Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post reports that Obama is considering a regional approach to the Afghanistan war that would extend to negotiating with Iran and with "reconcilable" elements of the Taliban. Certainly, some new...

Abnormality Besieges Palestinians

A food blockade? Jeremy Bowen of the BBC reports on the abnormal situation of the Palestinians in Hebron under Israeli occupation: ' When I was there last week the school's windows were catching the morning sun as Mohammed,...

US Documents on Iran Nukes Forged?

I'm shocked, shocked that allegations are emerging at the International Atomic Energy Agency that US-supplied "documents" from a laptop acquired in 2004 indicating a secret Iranian weapons program were probably forgeries. The...

The Return of Joel Beinin

INTERNATIONAL] Western academics are often the worst offenders when it comes to the proliferation of anti-Zionist, antisemitic ideologies. Even those that are tremendously intelligent and boast a number of letters after their...

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