Allawi Gambit Gilbert Achcar writes in an email: Today’s (3/3) Al-Hayat quotes Allawi’s conditions for any agreement on the government: “to keep the security apparatuses […]

Regime Change, Mafia Style: Syria 1957 Settling scores department: Some bloggers or commentators expressed skepticism about my allegation of US shaping of the Middle East […]

US Military Deaths reach 1500; 19 Iraqis Killed Associated Press says that a US Marine killed by guerrillas in Babil province on Wednesday was number […]

Still no Government Allawi Slams Sistani Negotiations between the religious Shiite coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, which has 54 percent of seats in the parliament, […]

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Guerrillas Kill 6 Iraqi Soldiers, Wound 25 Over a thousand demonstrators rallied in Hilla to protest the bombing on Monday that is now estimated to […]

Lebanon Realignment and Syria It is often pointed out that presidents get too much praise and blame for the economy, since the domestic economy has […]

Negotiations Continue on Formation of Iraqi Government Al-Hayat: A Fallujah notable, Khalid Fakhri al-Jamili, said Monday that the Americans were engaged in a large-scale set […]

Dawa Party Background Aaron Glantz gives an overview of the Dawa Party of Ibrahim Jaafari since 1980. One thing I would quibble with is that […]