At least 26 Dead in Kirkuk Bombings 32 Bodies Found in Baghdad Early reports said that a massive truck bombing downtown Kirkuk killed 19 and […]

Pope: Manuel II’s Views of Muhammad are not My Own Muslim Brotherhood Optimistic about end of Crisis Pope Benedict said on Sunday that the quote […]

Scholl Guest Editorial: Response to Amis Response to Amis Steven Scholl ‘In his Sept 10 op-ed piece for The Observer, Martin Amis provides what is […]

48 Bodies found in Baghdad US Officials Impatient with Maliki Paul Richter of the Los Angeles Times discusses the frustrations of American officials in Baghdad […]

The Pope’s non-Apology The Pope stopped short of an apology on Saturday. He did say he was sorry that Muslims took offense to his quotation […]

Pope’s Trip to Turkey in Doubt Protests Grow Turkish officials are becoming skittish about Pope Benedict XVI’s planned November trip to Turkey, an almost entirely […]

50 Bodies Found Baghdad Ditch called Impractical Brain injuries are the signature debility of wounded Iraq War vets. Reuters reports civil war violence in Iraq […]

Clemons on Bolton Steve Clemons at the Washington Note predicted two days ago that the Bolton nomination was dead, given Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee’s opposition. […]

5 US Troops Killed, 25 Injured A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed 2 US troops and wounded 25, 3 of them seriously. 16 were hospitalized […]