Cook Says Blair Knew Iraqi WMD no Threat British PM Tony Blair at one point alleged that Iraq could launch a WMD strike on Europe […]

Unemployment Riots in Baghdad, al-Hilla and Basra Former Iraqi soldiers reporting to collect a payment $40 became outraged at the long waits they faced at […]

Sadrists Have Some Tribal Support in Southern Cities I often get asked by journalists and others whether Muqtada al-Sadr should be taken seriously, or whether […]

10,000 Shiites Mourn in Najaf Some 10,000 mourners (other reports say more) showed up in Najaf for the 40-day commemoration of the assassination of Ayatollah […]

Bombing in Basra Averted Iraqi police in Basra also discovered a huge bomb in Al-Tanuma Square near the bridge over the Shatt al-Arab, disarming it […]

Continued Attacks on US Troops Wound Iraqis Instead Guerrillas set off a roadside bomb in Khalidiya on Friday, damaging US military vehicles; no injuries were […]

Iran may Send Reconstruction Aid to Iraq The US continues to be schizophrenic on the issue of Iran. The State Department appears to have reached […]

Iyad Alawi takes over Presidency of IGC Iyad Alawi became president of the Interim Governing Council on October 1, in accordance with a compromise that […]

Wesley Clark Calls for Criminal Investigation of Bush Iraq policy Presidential hopeful Gen. Wesley Clark said Friday he believes the Bush administration should be investigated […]