National Unity Government on Vergeof Collapse As Sunnis Threaten Pull-out; A Million Sadrists Prepare for Samarra Trek Guerrillas killed 3 US troops and a female […]

Rash of Mosque Bombings Samarra’i Demands Banning of Shiite Militias Qubanji accuses AMS of al-Qaeda Ties Reuters reports on the violence in Iraq on Friday: […]

MESA & AAUP Condemn Violence Against Iraqi Academics Professors’ Associations Decry Violence Against Academic Colleagues in Iraq. Issued July 5, 2006 Washington, D.C., and Tucson, […]

Two Minutes of Silence for London At noon on Friday, we should commemorate the deaths of the 52 persons in the 7/7 London underground bombings […]

Israel’s Failed-State Strategy: Cole in Salon My essay on the crisis between Israel and the Gaza Palestinians is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: The actions of […]

50 killed, as a Raft of Bodies are Found in Baghdad Muqtada Begins Vigilante Movement to Repair Samarra Shrine Aljazeera is reporting clashes between US […]

13 Dead in Pilgrimage Bombing, 40 wounded Maliki Reconsiders US Troops’ Immunity Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged Wednesday to reconsider current Iraqi policy, of […]

Maliki’s Basra Security Initiative Fails 25 Bodies Found in Baghdad, Basra Al-Zaman/ AFP say that a firestorm of protest is building in Iraq over the […]

al-Hakim: Amnesty for Guerrillas who Killed US Troops Civil War Violence Kills 50 Iraqis, with 29 Bodies Found AFP reports an interview with Iraqi Shiite […]