Economic Privatization and Liberalization in Iraq, Kuwait–maybe even Egypt The US is going ahead with privatizing 12 state owned enterprises, mainly services, in Iraq. This […]

Bin Laden Tape on Iraq The thing that always strikes me about Bin Laden is how hysterical he remains all the time in his pronouncements, […]

Turks May not Send Troops to Iraq Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey has not made a “must go” decision about sending […]

Four US Soldiers Killed, 18 wounded In addition to the three US soldiers killed in Karbala on Friday–one of whom the Arabic press is calling […]

Demonstrations in Baghdad and Basra Against US by Shiites The aftermath of the gunbattle in Karbala between US troops and the tribal paramilitary of an […]

Breaking News: Gunfight in Karbala For twelve hours from Thursday night into Friday early morning, US military police engaged in a gunfight with Shiite militiamen […]

Bombings and Attempted Bombings in North Iraq; Pipeline Hit The northern pipeline was bombed again Thursday, setting back US hopes that exports would resume from […]

UN Resolution on Iraq a Sign of Bush Administration Desperation The widespread interpretation of Thursday’s successful US-backed UN Security Resolution on Iraq, that it was […]

US Army Arrests Sadrists in East Baghdad The US military went into East Baghdad on Thursday with tanks, which stood guard while the soldiers took […]