Archives for January 2003

*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 and written justifications of the September 11 attacks. They raided the mosque in connection with their discovery of an Algerian cell linked to al-Qaida that had ricin poison in its […]

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 PM 1/31/03 +1000, you wrote: Sing to the tune of “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands”: If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq. If the markets […]

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 happen if the US invaded Iraq and found there were not weapons of mass destruction there. I fear I replied somewhat cynically, but also called it as I see it. […]

*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 there. I fear I replied somewhat cynically, but also called it as I see it. If Iraq turns out not to have much WMD, the administration will fall back on […]

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? X-Eudora-Signature: Dear [J]: Yes, I saw that. I am fairly cynical about all this. Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz and Condi have wanted a war on Iraq for a long time, and […]

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: Bush specifically mentioned information from Iraqi defectors as the basis for some of his WMD charges. Since some of the defectors were scientists working for Saddam, they should know what […]

* Iraqi Vice President Tariq Aziz has warned Kuwait that Iraq would not rule out hitting it if it allows US troops to launch an invasion of Iraq from its soil. Such complicity, he said, would make this action legitimate. (It is not clear exactly what Aziz is threatening to do. However, if it involved […]

Published from Cole’s private email archives 7/1/2012 Wed Jan 29 02:58:49 2003 To: infoco@yahoogroups.com From: Juan Cole Subject: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 X-Eudora-Signature: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 * Iraqi Vice President Tariq Aziz has warned Kuwait that Iraq would not rule out hitting it if it allows US troops to launch an invasion of Iraq […]

The Journal of the International Institute ( University of Michigan) Winter 2003, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 3 The Risks of Peace and The Costs of War Juan Cole Most discussion of the looming war against Iraq by the United States quite naturally focuses, in this country, on the pros and cons of such an […]