Breaking News: Mahdi Army Departs Shrine Al-Jazeerah and the American cable news shows are reporting that Mahdi Army fighters handed over the keys of the […]

Could Najaf Cost Bush the Election? Even though the crisis at the Shrine of Ali seems to have passed, the U.S. military actions in the […]

US Attacks in Najaf, Sadr City Al-Hayat: The US military launched a two-pronged attack on the Sadrists on Thursday. They attacked in Najaf, but also […]

What does Muqtada al-Sadr Want? Tom Engelhardt asks hard questions at the indispensable Tomdispatch.com about journalistic language concerning the Iraq crisis. How do we characterize […]

National Council Process Derailed Basra Delegates Withdrawn The national convention of some 1200 delegates to choose an interim national council was beset with several setbacks. […]

Babylon and the Polish Troops 2 Dead, 5 Wounded in War-Related Accident Reuters reports that guerillas fired at a Polish convoy late Wednesday or early […]

The Outing of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan: State of Play Journalism is often defined as an attempt to “catch history on the run.” We historians, […]

Muqtada declines to See Delegation Marines Launched Attack without Approval Alex Berenson and John Burns of the New York Times make the explosive allegation that […]

Readings on Iraq Readers often ask me to recommend books to read, which are fairly readable, on Iraq. Being an academic, I’m not sure I’m […]