US Permits Iraq Oil pipeline to Iran The Financial Times reports that the Interim Governing Council has concluded an agreement with Iran to build a […]

Thousands of Sadrists Demonstrate in Kirkuk AFP reports that nearly 2000 members of the Army of the Mahdi, the militia headed by young Shiite radical […]

Sistani’s Representative in Karbala Rejects Referendum on Provincial Council> ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP: Shaikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, the representative in Karbala of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, […]

Vigilanteism in Basra Scheherezade Faramarzi of AP reports on the Shiite militias of Basra and the way they are imposing both law and order, and […]

What a Document Looks like Jonathan Schanzer, writing in the Weekly Standard, notes that I had asked Bill Safire for even a single “document” that […]

6 US Soldiers wounded in 24 hours Wire services quoted by al-Jazeerah report that guerrillas wounded three US soldiers with rocket-propelled grenade fire Thursday night […]

Islamists on IGC Defeated on Islamic Law Provision Raghida Dergham reports in al-Hayat that the representatives on the Interim Governing Council of the Islamist tendency […]

Abdul Hamid Confronted over his Allegation that the Shiites are a Minority The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas reports that it had a further confrontation with Muhsin […]

Explosions in Baquba, Baghdad AP reports that ‘ In Baqouba . . . an explosion occurred Thursday in the city center and witnesses said three […]