Incompetence or Double-Dealing in Coalition Management of Iraq? The Coalition decision to provoke a fight with Muqtada al-Sadr’s movement only three months before the Coalition […]

Shiite Clashes in with Coalition in Najaf Baghdad: Phase II of the Anti-Occupation Struggle Begins Nine Coalition Troops Killed, Dozens wounded in Confronting Uprising [Updated] […]

Iraq Information or Party Propaganda? The Guardian has a story on Sunday about how the Iraq Information Office is not just a Coalition Provisional Authority […]

Thousands Protest Newspaper Closure in Baghdad Some 5,000 followers of Muqtada al-Sadr marched through largely Shiite East Baghdad on Saturday, protesting the closure of his […]

Gypsy Town Razed by Militant Sadrists as Den of Iniquity The Financial Times reports, a little belatedly, that Muqtada al-Sadr’s Army of the Mahdi militia […]

Kaplan: Is Fallujah Mogadishu? See Fred Kaplan’s suggestive comparison of Fallujah to Mogadishu at the Slate weblog.

Deaths of Americans in Fallujah: In revenge for Sharon’s Murder of Sheikh Yassin? There is increasing evidence that the brutal attack on the American security […]

Kimmitt: Fallujah will be just like Baqubah On the killing of the US security personnel in Fallujah on Wednesday: ‘ GEN. KIMMITT: What I’m suggesting […]

3 US Troops Wounded, 6 Iraqis Killed Wire services report that guerrillas near Fallujah wounded three US troops with a roadside bomb on Thursday. Also […]