Hizbullah Wins Big in South Lebanon Hizbullah and Amal, along with some representatives of Saad al-Hariri’s “Future” movement swept the elections in South Lebanon. Lebanon […]

Bombings, Shootings in Balad, Tikrit, Samarra, Mahmudiyah Sunni Clerics Condemn Marginalization of their Community, Protest US Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports a suicide attack on an Iraqi […]

The Zarqawi MythJordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (actually Ahmad al-Khalayleh of Zarqa) has been elevated by the Bush administration to an almost mythic position as […]

At Least 19 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Guerrillas detonated bombs near Balad, and in Samarra. Mortar rounds fell in Baghdad and there was a car […]

Sufi Gathering Targeted, 10 Dead Andrew Marshall of Reuters reports, “A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of Sufi Muslims north of Baghdad, […]

12,000 Dead in Iraqi Guerrilla War Rate of Killing Same as Under Saddam The final toll for Iraqis killed in guerrilla violence or the USG/Iraqi […]

Oil Workers Mobilize Iran Poised to Help with Reconstruction Greg Muttit of the Guardian reports that the Iraqi oil workers’ union is gearing up to […]

9 Dead in Tuz Khurmatu Bombing Deputy Governor of Diyala Assassinated in Baqubah Poisoned Watermelons Iraq looked more and more like a macabre horror film […]

Warring Visions of Iraqi Federalism “Sumer” Rises in South Al-Hayat says that its sources in Iraq describe an ongoing dispute between the Kurds, who want […]