Chalabi attacks Shaalan The rivalry between Iyad Allawi [Arabic link] and Ahmad Chalabi has heated up two weeks before the January 30 elections. Jon Lee […]

IraqTheMOdel

Pace of Attacks picks up in Iraq, with Explosion Tuesday Morning in Baghdad, 24 Dead on Monday A big car bomb exploded outside the headquarters […]

The Accountability Moment and Hersh on Iran Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh threw Washington, Islamabad and Tehran into consternation Monday with his report in the New […]

Al-Abbudi: Sistani Endorses the United Iraqi Alliance Al-Zaman reports via AFP that Shaikh Naji al-Abbudi, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spoke at a […]

Major Fighting in Ramadi, Mosul, Kut al-Zaman says that a US soldier was killed Saturday at Babil, the site of ancient Babylon, where the US […]

Curfew Measures on Election Day Events conspired to undermine the Iraqi government’s attempts to reassure the public that procedures for voting would be secure. Judge […]

Muqtada: “Outside Powers Should Not Interfere in Elections” Pachachi: Expatriate Iraqis must Vote Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Shaikh Nasir al-Sa`idi, the Friday prayers leader of al-Muhsin Mosque […]

Polling Sites, Soldiers, Electoral Workers Targeted Guerrillas bombed a polling site in Sharqat north of Baghdad, destroying it but causing no casualties. In Baghdad, a […]