Quiet Ethnic Cleansing of Shiites by Sunni Jihadis? A European reader with good Iraq contacts passes along a very interesting but frightening account of severe […]

Iranian Influence on Iraqi Shiites Ed Wong of the New York Times has a fine piece Saturday on Iranian influence on Iraqi Shiites. It seems […]

2 Marines Die Friday The Washington Post reports: ‘ The U.S. military reported that a Marine was killed in combat Friday and a second died […]

3 Killed or Injured in Hotel Attacks Reuters reports that guerrillas launched a sophisticated strike Wednesday against the Baghdad Hotel and the Ishtar Sheraton in […]

Saddam Blames Bush The brief appearance of Saddam Hussein in the courtroom on Wednesday was marked by his arrogance and intimidating style of speech. He […]

Iraqi Reaction to “Transfer of Sovereignty” The Al-Ahram Weekly, the leading Egyptian organ of news and opinion in English, has published a special issue in […]

11 US Troops Wounded; Car Bomb in Samawah The Associated Press reports that guerrillas pounded a U.S. base near Baghdad airport with mortar shells, wounding […]

The New Improved Iraq My essay about the so-called transfer of sovereignty in Iraq is now available online at In These Times. An excerpt: The […]

Rashid Khalidi’s talk at UCLA, “Government Attacks on Area Specialists Called Disservice to U.S. Middle East Policy,” is absolutely essential reading. Khalidi covers the group-think […]