Ken MacLeod’s Blog and Iraq As many of you know, I’m an old time science fiction fan, having grown up on Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, Delaney, […]

Shiite Issues in the News Thousands of Shiites gathered in Najaf to mourn the 1999 assassination of Ayatollah Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and other Shiite figures […]

10 US soldiers Wounded, 6 other Coalition Troops Killed, 36 wounded; Governor of Karbala Hospitalized with 80 other wounded Civilians Guerillas launched four massive car […]

Bam Earthquake Kills 20,000 The enormity of 20,000 persons being suddenly wiped out by an earthquake is just hard for me to fathom. There is […]

Bremer to Blair: No Weapons Labs The cover story of the Bush administration about the reasons for the Iraq war has become so full of […]

Al-Hakim Calls for UN Involvement In a news conference in Baghdad, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, temporary president of the Interim Governing Council, said that when in […]

The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight Although Baghdad was shaken by a series of six rocket attacks on Thursday, the guerrillas managed to do very […]

Sunni Religious Groups form Council The NYT is reporting that Sunni Arab religious groupings met on Thursday and are seeking to establish a Sunni Arab […]

Sistani Stands Ground on Demand for General Elections AFP reports that six members of the Interim Governing Council met with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in […]