Samarra Campaign Sistani Aide Insists on Elections Some 3000 US soldiers and 1000 Iraqi national guardsmen advanced into downtown Samarra on Friday, engaging in heavy […]

Debate and Chalabi I wonder if more could not have been made about Bush’s constant zigzags on Iraq policy. First he was going to send […]

Debate The one new thing I noticed in the debate was Kerry’s explicit reference to getting help for the US in Iraq from the Arab […]

Some 50 Dead, 145 Wounded Guerrillas useda coordinated series of car bombs to kill around 50 persons, mostly children, and to wound 145 on Thursday. […]

Rebuilding Iraq’s Universities Guest Editorial by Keith Watenpaugh Keith Watenpaugh kindly permitted me to reproduce some of his talk here. JRIC. Rebuilding Iraq’s Academic Community: […]

President al-Yawir Decries “Collective Punishment” 13 Killed in Continued Battles Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir strongly protested US air strikes against Iraqi cities, comparing them to […]

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics? Several high-profile FBI investigations, in which substantial progress have been made, may well have been put on […]

On the Virtues of Changing the Mind It is depressing for me to see George W. Bush on the stump doing a stand-up comedy routine […]

Demolition of Old City in Najaf? I got two interesting messages about Najaf today. The first was from Dr. Kamil Mahdi, who has lectured in […]