Torturegate, G8, and the Greater Middle East The Wall Street Journal’s revelation of White House counsels’ memoranda permitting what most people would consider torture– on […]

UN Resolution Passes Unanimously Sistani the Big Winner; Kurds Furious The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a new resolution on Iraq granting […]

16 Killed, 144 Wounded in Iraq Violence az-Zaman estimates that 16 persons died in bombings and attacks on Tuesday, and 144 were wounded. Among the […]

Muqtada Emerges Strengthened; Allawi calls for Dialogue Tom Lasseter of Knight Ridder argues from anecdotal evidence in Iraq that Muqtada al-Sadr has emerged from his […]

Black Humor A friend in Baghdad sent me this. It is to laugh, it is to weep. Why Did the Chicken cross the Road? Coalition […]

Cole on the Lehrer News Hour For those who like advanced warning, I will be on the Lehrer News Hour this evening discussion the new […]

Blast in Baquba Kills at least 5, Wounds 11; US troops among the wounded A suspected car bomb detonated at the gates of a US […]

Bremer Bars Muqtada from Holding Office The Guardian reports that US civil administrator Paul Bremer signed an order Monday banning Muqtada al-Sadr and his lieutenants […]

UN Security Council Vote expected Tuesday; Sistani Weighs in Against Interim Constitution The final details of the UN Security Council resolution, on the caretaker government […]