Muqtada to Electricity Minister over Israel: “Go to Hell!” According to AFP, Aiham al-Samarrai, interim minister of electricity in Iraq, has said that although Iraq […]

Muslim Brotherhood Heads up Iraq under Americans AFP reports that the president of the Interim Governing Council for February is Muhsin Abdul Hamid, the leader […]

Details of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas [“Firebrand”: Arabic URL] has published a draft of the Fundamental Law on which the Interim […]

14 Dead in Iraq Attacks, including 3 US Soldiers Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill 3 US troops near Kirkuk on Saturday. Another group […]

Shiites Seek Something Close to Free Elections A glimpse of the likely strategy of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and his chief aides can be found […]

Senior US Officials Knew in May there was no WMD in Iraq The Observer reports that “US military survey teams sent to visit suspected sites […]

Rieff on Iraqi Shiites David Rieff”s excellent firsthand report from Iraq on the Shiite movements there in the New York Times magazine is now available […]

Dutch Embassy Destroyed by Rocket; 4 Policemen gunned down in Mosul According to wire services, Baghdad was shaken by several explosions late Friday night, including […]

Debate Begins on Constitutional Provisions in Iraq Alissa Rubin of the Los Angeles Times has a fine piece today discussing debates in Iraq over the […]