Preachers denounce IGC; Sistani calls for Disarming of the Militias Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called Friday for the country’s militias to be disarmed. He said […]

Baath Guerrillas Call for 3-day Strike Sunni Arab nationalists passed around fliers Friday warning government employees, shopkeepers and bus and cab drivers to stay home […]

Washington Post Profiles Followers of Muqtada Anthony Shadid discusses the appeal of Muqtada and the politics of anti-Occupation sentiment in the slums of East Baghdad. […]

WP: Crackdown on Muqtada al-Sadr Imminent David Ignatius argues that the US still plans to crack down on Shiite radical Muqtada al-Sadr and his movement. […]

Rail, Old Baghdad Explosions Guerrillas sabotaged a US military train shipment near Haditha west of Baghdad on Thursday, after which the shipment was looted of […]

Mitchell: Land Reform essential for Democracy Professor Timothy Mitchell, of the New York University Political Science Department, spoke on contemporary Middle East affairs in Ann […]

Some Business Dealings of the CPA in Iraq may contravene International Law I was glad finally to see some experts in international law raise questions […]

Feldman Denies Writing Report Informed Comment received an email from Professor Noah Feldman saying that he had not, as al-Zaman alleged, written a report for […]

Eyewitness Account of the Attack on the Al-Rashid Hotel Posted by permission: “10/26/03 Today things hit closer to home than previous acts of violence here […]