Shiites Have Majority The Iraqi Electoral Commission confirmed on Thursday the projection I reported here last Monday, that the United Iraqi Alliance or the Shiite […]

Engelhardt and Hiro on Iraq’s Fault Lines Tom Engelhardt is a national treasure and always worth reading. Whenever I think that Russell Jacoby might have […]

Jaafari: “Islam to be Source of Legislation” Against the backdrop of political horse trading, the violence continued in Iraq on Tuesday. AFP reports: ‘ Two […]

Hariri Murder Provokes Political Split The family of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri refused to allow members of the government of President Lahoud […]

Jaafari Takes lead Reuters is reporting that Ibrahim Jaafari is emerging as the frontrunner in the negotiations for prime minister. Jaafari opposed the US military […]

Guerrillas Kill US Soldier The CBC reports that ” Roadside bombs killed a U.S. soldier and three Iraqi National Guard troops Monday and officials said […]

Hariri Killed in Huge Car Bombing in Beirut Echoes of the bad old days reverberated through Beirut Monday when a powerful car bomb was detonated […]

Shiites Take Absolute Majority in Parliament Iran Scores Victory in the Iraqi Elections Lebanese Broadcasting Co.’s satellite television news is reporting that the United Iraqi […]

AMS on its Role in Forcing Elections Thanks to Gilbert Ashcar for kindly sharing and permitting the reprinting of his translation of this recent article […]