Sunday Times Alleges Torture, Kidnapping in Basra The Sunday Times carried a story that members of the Badr Brigade of the Shiite Supreme Council for […]

The Question of Elections in Iraq In the past week, two significant demonstrations were launched by Iraq’s Shiites, including one on Monday 1/19 that involved […]

Kay, Powell, Backtrack on WMD It seems to me that David Kay’s resignation as weapons inspector in Iraq and his open admission that there simply […]

3 US soldiers Wounded in Mosul Blast AP is reporting that “A roadside bomb exploded Wednesday near the northern city of Mosul, wounding three U.S. […]

5000 Sadrists March in Baghdad The Financial Times reported that the demonstrations in Baghdad on Tuesday were smaller than the approximately 100,000 who came out […]

The Independent reports that 100,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Baghdad on Monday, as part of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani s bid to put […]

British Say Open Elections Feasible The Financial Times is reporting that British authorities in Basra now believe that there are no procedural obstacles to holding […]

Gone Fishin’ Just a warning to regular readers that for personal reasons I may find it difficult to post regularly the week of Jan. 19-25. […]

US and UN: Caught between Shiites and Sunnis Two parallel reports from Baghdad, one from Alissa Rubin of the LA Times and one from Hamza […]