Sunnis Protest Mosque Raid There was a large (1000 to 1500 strong) demonstration in the Yarmouk quarter of Baghdad against a US raid on two […]

More Ethnic Violence in Kirkuk AP reported that in the northern, mainly Arab city of Mosul, on Wednesday assailants kidnapped and killed Adel Jabar Abid […]

30 Bulgarians Refuse to Serve AFP reports that 30 Bulgarian soldiers in a 500-man battalion scheduled to go to Iraq have refused to serve there. […]

6 US troops wounded Weds.; Bomb blast in Baghdad Kills 8 Iraqis AP reported that on Wednesday, a bomb hidden in foliage outside a Baghdad […]

Top 5 Tasks Remaining in 2004 in the War on Terror US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld worried in a memo last fall that the […]

Bremer and CPA “Extremely Offended” at Call for UN Role A member of the Interim Governing Council, Mahmoud Osman, told al-Hayat newspaper that the Coalition […]

Ethnic Violence in Kurdistan Boils Over; 3 Dead on Thursday, 5 Dead on Wednesday On Thursday, Kirkuk Police Chief Turhan Yusuf said, “Unknown attackers stabbed […]

Ashcroft Appoints Special Prosecutor in Plame Identity-Disclosure Scandal Attorney-General John Ashcroft recused himself Wednesday in the investigation of the Valerie Plame case, saying he will […]

Basra: Massive Drug, Petroleum smuggling; Christians, Musicians Harassed Because the southern Iraqi city of Basra (1.3 million) is under British military occupation rather than American, […]