MOSUL, IRAQ: An Iraqi man stands next to three unidentified bodies with a yellow note placed in the mouth of one of the bodies accusing them of being Kurdish peshmerga fighters, in Mosul, 370 kms north of Baghdad, 21 November 2004. (UJAHED MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty Images) Well, the sun’s been down for 3 hours in Baghdad now, [...]
Zarqawi aide arrested in Mosul! Really! Just because Iraqi Minister of State Qassim Dawoud was full of merde when he announced the capture of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, doesn’t mean he’s always wrong. Right? Iraqi security adviser Kassim Daoud told a news conference Iraqi national guard soldiers had found a chemical laboratory in the former rebel [...]
David Frum complains about CAIR’s attempted suppression of his free speech. Maybe Frum would like to team up with Juan Cole to protest such tactics. Drop him a line and let’s see: dfrum@aei.org Frum also writes the following: Speaking of free societies: The faking of the election in Ukraine should remind Europeans that they face [...]
Here are some interesting factoids gleaned from Iraq Pipeline Watch, a website run by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security which bills itself as “the world’s only non-profit public educational organization focusing on energy security.” In 2003, starting June 12, there were 37 attacks on Iraqi pipelines, oil installations, and oil personnel. In [...]
The Israeli government appears so eager to facilitate the Palestinians’ election of a replacement for Arafat that they’re going to allow international election observers into Occupied Palestine. The IDF, however, will not withdraw, so I suppose the observers will be required to sign the Israeli “We have the right to kill you” visa. Steve Erlanger [...]
For anyone interested in the lawsuit threatened by MEMRI against Professor Juan Cole (Repressive MEMRI on AWC frontpage), there’s both a well-written comprehensive defense and a set of links to other blogs supporting Cole at Abu Aardvark’s place. In short, if you do decide to take Professor Cole to court over the allegation that you [...]
