Basra’s Security Endangered by Drug Smugglers, Terrorists Az-Zaman conducted an interview with the Iraqi police chief in Basra about security there. He said the city’s […]

Sunni Cleric in Iraq: Resistance against Occupation is Licit in International Law Muhammad Bashar al-Faidi, official spokesman for the Sunni Board of Muslim Clerics, gave […]

Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood Seeks to Islamize the Constitution Muhsin Abdel Hamid, the leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (Muslim Brotherhood), is this month’s president of […]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Scott Taylor reports on his bad experiences with the security situation in Iraq, painting a pretty scary picture […]

Failure of US Public Diplomacy in the Middle East Michael Pan and Jeremy Weinstein argue in “Forfeiting the War of Ideas” that the US government […]

2 US Soldiers Killed in Blast; 2 Ramadi Sheikhs Assassinated AP reports that a man wearing an explosives belt showed up outside the compound of […]

Sunnis Opposed Early Direct Elections Both az-Zaman and Reuters highlight the opposition of many Sunni Arab leaders to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s demand for open, […]

Provincial Election in Iraq According to az-Zaman, the 40-person provincial council of the province of Salahuddin has elected a new governor, Falah Hasan Mustafa al-Naqib. […]

Bush appointeee Silberman has History of Scandal The Guardian complains today about Bush appointing Laurence Silberman to head up the commission looking into intelligence failures […]