UN Excluded from Overseeing Elections Al-Hayat reports that the Interim Governing Council (IGC) is rejecting any role for the United Nations in overseeing Iraqi elections […]

Sistani: Elections must be Held soon az-Zaman/Wire Services: A spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani says that elections must be held as soon as possible, […]

Is the failure of the Arab Summit a Failure of Bush’s Democratization Plan? Rob Collier of the San Francisco Chronicle examines the issues around the […]

Changing Status of Shiites in Arab World Hamza Hendawi of AP reports on the implications of a Shiite-majority Iraqi government for Arab world politics. He […]

Shape of Things to Come UPI is reporting that the Interim Governing Council is considering the form of the Iraqi government to which sovereignty will […]

Muqtada’s Newspaper Closed, 1000 Demonstrate AP is reporting that the Coalition Provisional Authority has closed the weekly newspaper of radical young Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, […]

Clarke: Difference Between Clinton and Bush For readers who don’t scroll all the way down, just wanted to draw your attention to my posting late […]

Mosul: Barwari Escapes Assassination; US MPs wounded, Western Security Guards Killed Public Works Minister Nasrin Barwari narrowly escaped an assassination attempt while traveling to Mosul […]

Sistani will not Launch Street Protests: Aide az-Zaman/AFP: Refuting reports appearing Saturday in the Kuwaiti press, an aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf […]