Islamists on IGC Defeated on Islamic Law Provision Raghida Dergham reports in al-Hayat that the representatives on the Interim Governing Council of the Islamist tendency […]

Abdul Hamid Confronted over his Allegation that the Shiites are a Minority The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas reports that it had a further confrontation with Muhsin […]

Explosions in Baquba, Baghdad AP reports that ‘ In Baqouba . . . an explosion occurred Thursday in the city center and witnesses said three […]

Army of the Helpers of the Sunnah a Major Insurgent Group Al-Hayat newspaper in London says it has gotten hold of many memos and videotapes […]

Cole Interviews with Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview Those of you with RealAudio can listen to two interviews I did with Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview program, […]

We may as Well Just Record all our Telephone Calls and send them to Maryland Philip Knightley and Kim Sengupta describe how the US National […]

Sistani Reaffirms demand for Elections by end of Year The NYT reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has again said the UN needs to set […]

High Baghdad Official Forced to Resign over Veiling Issue Az-Zaman reports that Jawad Kadhim al-Anani, appointed to a high position in the Baghdad provincial government […]

Mahmoud Uthman: IGC too Weak to be given Sovereignty In an interview with ash-Sharq al-Awsat, Kurdish Interim Governing Council (IGC) member Mahmoud Uthman (Osman) said […]