Maneuvering over Transitional Government Continues Al-Hayat reports that Paul Bremer has put enormous pressure on the Interim Governing Council not to vote on its candidate […]

Miller as Chalabi Stenographer Franklin Foer’s profile of Judith Miller of the NYT and the way in which her over-dependence on the Iraqi National Congress […]

Kufa Fighting Flares; Bombs in Baghdad Fighting flared again Sunday and Monday between Mahdi Army militiamen and US troops, who are apparently trying to reconquer […]

Portrait of a Rebellion In These Times has made my analysis of the Shiite rebellion of the past two months available online. It came out […]

Wrangling over President delays Announcement Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the WP summarizes the deadlock on the new prime minister among the Iraqi Governing Council, Paul Bremer, […]

Sites of the Day Veteran journalist Helena Cobban’s Just World News site is worth checking out. She writes frequently on the Middle East and knows […]

Muqtada Misses Friday Prayers; More Violence Near Najaf Reuters reports Friday that a day after an apparent agreement between the Interim Governing Council and Muqtada […]

Wedding Party Bombing Controversy The controversy on the US bombing of what appears to have been a wedding party near Syria continues to boil, with […]

They Even Changed its Name? Nathan Brown, a Middle East expert at George Washington University, writes: “With little fanfare, the name of Iraq seems to […]