Iraqi Police fire on Kufa Demonstrators Peaceful, civilian Shiite demonstrators in Kufa heeding Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s call for a march on Najaf (which is […]

Sistani Returns, Launches March Sadrist Ceasefire Announced Al-Hayat is reporting that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani defied his physicians’ advice and insisted on returning to Iraq […]

Metro Times Profile Curt Guyette’s profile of me at the Detroit Metro Times is now available on the internet.

Attempted Assassinations of Ministers Fail Iraqi Troops Move into Najaf: “We are in the Last Hours” Reuters and AFP report via Dawn that the assassination […]

George H.W. Bush on Why Invading Iraq was a Bad Idea George Gedda of AP reminds us of the opposition to an American invasion of […]

The Fighting in Iraq Reuters is reporting that guerrillas detonated a car bomb early on Tuesday, killing 2 persons and wounding 3 others. They were […]

Bush and Iraqi Soccer From Bush press conference on Tuesday ‘ QUESTION: You’re not going to Athens this week, are you? BUSH: Athens, Texas? (LAUGHTER) […]

5 US Soldiers Killed in 24 Hours, 1 Wounded Australian Broadcasting reports that guerrillas killed one US soldier in Mosul on Sunday with a roadside […]

Egyptian Mufti: Volcano of Anger over Najaf The claim by Mahdi Army fighters that US bombing damaged part of a wall of the Ali shrine […]