AlterNet.org: Juan Cole Alternative News and Information. en-us AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. Iraqi Government Gridlocked: No Oil Law; No Election Law Likely http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/93902/iraqi_government_gridlocked%3A_no_oil_law%3B_no_election_law_likely/ Faux democracy, with little legitimacy and no sovereignty, doesn't work terribly smoothly. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:56:01 PDT Juan Cole Controversy Swirls Around Baghdad as Member of Parliament Calls for President's Ouster http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/92917/controversy_swirls_around_baghdad_as_member_of_parliament_calls_for_president%27s_ouster/ Is impeachment off the table over there too? Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:45:01 PDT Juan Cole Iraq Update: Missed Deadlines; Sadrists in the Streets; "Security Agreement" Watered Down http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/92569/iraq_update%3A_missed_deadlines%3B_sadrists_in_the_streets%3B_%22security_agreement%22_watered_down/ John McCain thinks that Iraq borders Pakistan while the troop agreement misses deadline and Mosul, Diyala, and Fallujah experience violence. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:48:01 PDT Juan Cole Will Petraeus' Imperial Delusions Prolong Iraq's Civil War? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/81837/will_petraeus%27_imperial_delusions_prolong_iraq%27s_civil_war/ Let's look at what transpired in Lebanon. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:35:01 PDT Juan Cole US Iraq War Death Toll Reaches 4,000 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/80478/us_iraq_war_death_toll_reaches_4%2C000/ The Bush administration still has not told us why they died. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:49:01 PDT Juan Cole Top Ten Middle East Policy Challenges for the US in 2008 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/72072/top_ten_middle_east_policy_challenges_for_the_us_in_2008/ The US must insist that the Israeli siege of Gaza must be lifted and more... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:08:01 PST Juan Cole The Top Ten Myths About Iraq in 2007 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/71718/the_top_ten_myths_about_iraq_in_2007/ How many times have you heard the war won't matter in the 2008 election? Wrong! Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:48:01 PST Juan Cole 190,000 Guns Go Missing in Iraq http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/cole/58922/190%2C000_guns_go_missing_in_iraq/ Juan Cole: The Bush Administration is clueless as to where 190,000 machine guns and pistols went, and believe it or not, that may be one of their smaller problems in Iraq right now. Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:00:01 PDT Juan Cole