Salon: Iraq’s worst week — and Bush’s Cole in the Chronicle My essay at Salon.com this week is: Iraq’s worst week — and Bush’s As […]

Deadly Sectarian Violence kills 76, Wounds 179 Talabani Condemns Jaafari for Turkey Visit The Los Angeles Times estimates the dead in various attacks throughout Iraq […]

Bush Ignored own National Intelligence Estimate on Danger, Nature of Iraq Insurgency Or, Ozymandias and Empire Knight Ridder reports that US intelligence agencies warned Bush […]

Over 1300 Dead in Sectarian Violence Mortar Strike on Sunni Mosque Kills 4 Violence Subsides Ellen Knickmeyer and Bassam Sebti of the WaPo reports that […]

Violence Kills 29 Despite Curfew in Iraq British Embassy in Tehran Torched Despite the daytime curfew, violence killed 29 in Iraq on Sunday and wounded […]

Afghanistan Prison Riot 25000 Protest in Pakistan The Bush administration cannot even control the al-Qaeda operatives it has in prison! Much less the many walking […]

Muqtada calls for Sunni-Shiite Marches, Prayers Wants Pan-Islamic Resolution for US Withdrawal Al-Zaman / AFP report that [Ar.] young Shiite nationalist leader Muqtada al-Sadr, having […]

More Shrines Destroyed, 60 Killed Sistani forms Militia KarbalaNews.net reports that [Ar.] guerrillas blew up a Shiite shrine in Bashir, south of Tuz Khurmato. This […]

Violence in Baghdad, Samarra Curfew Partially Observed There was more violence on Friday in Iraq amid calls by clerical leaders for peace. The daytime curfew […]