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From a Sunday, October 12, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Oct 12, 2008 9:16am PDT
From a Friday, October 10, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 7:42am PDT
Thursday, October 9, 2008 : A roadside bomb in Baghdad hits a convoy carrying members of the Sadr bloc....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:43am PDT
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 : The bomber was dressed in traditional women's clothes, a witness says....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:26am PDT
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 : Explosions go off in Baghdad as officials meet to discuss handover of responsibilities....
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:37pm PDT
Prisoners are being summarily executed in the government's high-security detention centre in Baghdad. Robert Fisk reports...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:33am PDT
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 : Two explosions go off as US deputy secretary of state visits Iraqi capital....
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:31am PDT
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 : Fighting between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish separatists intensify after deadly ambush....
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:31am PDT
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 : This month will be critical in Iraq, with 100,000 militiamen to be transferred from United States to Iraqi command. Grouped in a loose confederation called the "Awakening Councils" or the "Sons of Iraq," these militiamen have been fighting alongside American forces for two years. The fighters, 80 percent of whom are Sunni Arabs, have been credited with driving Al-Qaeda out of several majority-Sunni areas and bringing stability to large swaths of the country, especia...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:29am PDT
From a Tuesday, October 7, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:14am PDT
From a Monday, October 6, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 7:17am PDT
From a Sunday, October 5, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 9:45am PDT
Saturday, October 4, 2008 : The attack by Kurdish separatists that killed 15 soldiers is the deadliest in years....
Posted: Sat, Oct 4, 2008 10:39am PDT
From a Saturday, October 4, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sat, Oct 4, 2008 10:35am PDT
Friday, October 3, 2008 : The Iraqi government sacks two top policemen in a Baghdad area where more than 50 died in recent bombings....
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 8:14am PDT
From a Friday, October 3, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 7:03am PDT
Thursday, October 2, 2008 :Robert Fisk is Britain’s most celebrated foreign correspondent and has borne witness to countless tragedies in the Middle East for over three decades. With the publication of a new collection of essays, Fisk joins us to talk about the U.S. elections and their bearing on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel-Palestine....
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 8:14am PDT
From a Thursday, October 2, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 7:26am PDT
From a Wednesday, October 1, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Wed, Oct 1, 2008 7:57am PDT
From a Tuesday, September 30, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 7:14am PDT