Iranian VP Condemns al-Qaeda as force behind Ashura Bombings America Political Enemy, Shiism Ideological Enemy, of al-Qaeda Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary […]

The Bombings at Kazimiyah and Karbala The day of Ashura’ is the holiest in the calendar of Shiite Islam, commemorating the brutal martyrdom of the […]

IGC Approves Interim Constitution The Washington Post reports that the Interim Governing Council finally approved the Fundamental Law it has been working on, on Monday. […]

Disturbances in Kirkuk (AFP/ az-Zaman): Tension gripped the northern city of Kirkuk Monday after armed clashes betwen Kurds and Turkmen. There have been a number […]

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 […]