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Archives: January 2005
Guest Editorial Sunni Anxieties And
Guest Editorial: Sunni Anxieties and the Rise of Shiite Power by Shahin M. Cole Sunni Anxieties and the Rise of Shiite Power Shahin M. Cole Iraq after its elections is not out…Mixed Story Im Just Appalled By
A Mixed Story I'm just appalled by the cheerleading tone of US news coverage of the so-called elections in Iraq on Sunday. I said on television last week that this event is…Election Update At Little After Noon
Election Update At a little after noon EST, Jane Arraf on CNN is reporting about 30 percent turnout in Baqubah, a mixed Sunni-Shiite city to the northeast of Baghdad. It seems clear…Dozens Killed In Election Day
Dozens Killed in Election Day Guerrilla Campaign Guerrillas launched mortar and suicide bomb attacks at polling stations throughout Iraq on Sunday as thousands of Iraqis headed to the polls. As many as…Zogby 9 Of Sunnis Will Vote Stong
Zogby: 9% of Sunnis Will Vote Stong Majority of Iraqis Wants US Out Borzou Daragahi of AP reports an Iraqi poll that shows that the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance coalition will do…15 Iraqis Killed In Attacks Focusing
15 Iraqis Killed in Attacks Focusing on Polling Places Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that guerrillas killed 15 Iraqis on Thursday and blew up six polling sites, continuing their campaign to prevent successfull elections…Feith Resigns Under Pressure Of
Feith Resigns Under Pressure of Investigations Douglas Feith, the number three man at the Pentagon who went there from the pro-Likud Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) and the Project for…37 Us Troops Dead Other Americans
37 US Troops Dead, Other Americans Wounded Large numbers of Iraqis Killed, Wounded by Car Bombs at Polling Stations, Party HQs AP reports the worst news the US has had in Iraq…Speech Bush Should Have Given This Is
The Speech Bush Should have Given This is the speech that I wish President Bush had given in fall, 2002, as he was trying to convince Congress to give him the authority…Advice For Candidates Do Not Reveal
Advice for Candidates: 'Do not Reveal your Identity . . . Stay Home as Much as Possible ' Jack Fairweather reports for the Telegraph from Baghdad on a meeting held by the…Sistani Blesses United Iraqi Alliance
Sistani "Blesses" United Iraqi Alliance Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's web site [Arabic Link] has posted an article from the newspaper al-Ra'i al-`Amm which reports Sistani's oral answers to questions its reporter submitted…Israeli Arab News Cycle I Found This
Israeli-Arab News Cycle I found this Haaretz article too complicated too follow. So the Israeli Army has a psy-ops unit that used to be very active but has been less so recently,…Bombs Zarqawi And Sistanis
Bombs, Zarqawi, and Sistani's Constitution On Monday morning, guerrillas set off another car bomb near the headquarters in Baghdad of the Iraqi National Accord, the party headed by interim Prime Minister Iyad…Al Yawir On Chalabi Affair Lbc Arab
Al-Yawir on the Chalabi Affair The LBC Arab satellite channel ran an extended interview Sunday afternoon EST with interim Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir. The interviewer asked him at one point if Ahmad…Al Hakim No To Civil War Yes To
Al-Hakim: No to Civil War, Yes to Timetable for US Withdrawal Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the United Iraqi Alliance list, says that Shiites refuse to be tricked into a civil war…Chalabi To Be Arrested Political
Chalabi to be arrested The political season in Iraq is turning extremely nasty. Not only were over 20 persons killed and dozens injured in bombings of a Shiite mosque and a Shiite…Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against
Montazeri Warns Iraqis Against Clerical Rule Ayatollah Husain Ali Montazeri of Qom warned [Persian link] the Iraqi political class on Friday against allowing clerics to dominate the executive in their new government.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129181017im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/franklin-160x137.jpg)