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Archives for January 2007

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22 Us Troops Announced Killed 29

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22 US Troops Announced Killed 29 Bodies Found in Baghdad Reuters reports that police found 29 bodies in Baghdad on Saturday and 5 more in the northern city of Mosul. There was other major violence, with bombings, mortar attacks and assassinations in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Mosul and elsewhere. A suicide bomber attempted to get a car […]

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Militiamen Wound 6 British Soldiers

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Militiamen Wound 6 British Soldiers Sadrist Rejoin Parliament Shiite militiamen fired mortars at a British base at Basra, seriously wounding one British soldier and lightly injuring 5 others. The Sadr Bloc of deputies in Parliament, who had staged a walkout to protest PM Nuri al-Maliki’s meeting with George W. Bush, are now returning to the […]

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Us Moves On Sadr Aide Bombings Wrack

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US moves on Sadr Aide Bombings Wrack Baghdad, Mosul Baathists Plan Convention in Damascus US and Iraqi troops arrested Sadr aide Abdul Hadi Darraji in East Baghdad at midnight Iraqi time last night. The Sadr movement maintains he is just a spokesman and is not involved in militia operations. The US accuses him of running […]

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Cheney Blew Off Iran In 2003 For Love

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Cheney blew off Iran in 2003 For the Love of God Impeach this Man Lawrence Wilkerson, an aide to Colin Powell when he was secretary of state says that Iran in 2003 offered to help stabilize Iraq and to cut off aid to Hizbullah in Lebanon and to Hamas. Wilkerson says that the State Department […]

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Cole Appearance In Sf Cancelled Juan

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Cole Appearance in SF Cancelled “Juan Cole will be speaking in San Francisco at the First Universalist Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin St. at Geary, Saturday, January 20 at 5:00 pm.” Alas, my hosts could not make this happen after all. So sorry for the inconvenience.

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Bombings In Sadr City Kirkuk Dozens

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Bombings in Sadr City, Kirkuk– Dozens Dead Al-Hakim Criticizes Bush on Irbil Raid Another big bombing by guerrillas in Shiite Sadr City killed 25. Guerrillas in Kirkuk set off a bomb that killed 10 and wounded 48. Militiamen in Basra used a roadside bomb to kill two Coalition, probably British troops. Reuters reports other political […]

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125 Killed Hundreds Wounded By

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125 Killed, Hundreds Wounded by Bombings, Assassinations Guerrillas kill 4 US Troops UN Says 34452 Iraqi Civilians Killed in 06 Resolution Condemning Escalation Introduced in Senate Reuters reports that the death toll from the bombings at Mustansiriya University on Tuesday rose to 70, with 180 wounded. A lot of them were 17 and 18 year-old […]

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International Journal Of Contemporary

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International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies The first issue of the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies is up on the Web and freely accessible. There are several good articles. The table of contents is: The Islamist imaginaryIslam,Iraq,and the projections of empireAuthors: Raymond W. Baker Media and lobbyist support for the US invasion of IraqAuthors: […]

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Breaking News 60 Dead 110 Wounded In

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Breaking News: 60 Dead, 110 Wounded in University Bombing Guerrillas used a car bomb and a suicide bomber to kill 60 persons, wounding 110 more, at the entrance to the Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, , according to Reuters. The article quotes a university official saying that most of the casualties were female students returning home. […]

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