Patel on Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri as a possible Sistani Successor David Patel, in Basra, brings up the question of who would succeed Grand Ayatollah […]

Brown Translation, Commentary on Draft of Iraqi Fundamental Law Professor Nathan Brown of George Washington University, among the foremost US experts in Middle Eastern law, […]

Were the Irbil Bombings Revenge for the Capture of Hasan Ghul of al-Qaeda? The London daily al-Hayat raised the question today of whether Sunday’s twin […]

Reply to Yglesias on Palestine Matthew Yglesias, a philosopher who runs a very interesting web site, cited my piece on 2/2/04 about Muqtada al-Sadr’s objecting […]

At least 56 dead, over 200 Wounded in Irbil Blasts Suicide bombers blew up the headquarters of the two major Kurdish political parties in Irbil […]

Muqtada to Electricity Minister over Israel: “Go to Hell!” According to AFP, Aiham al-Samarrai, interim minister of electricity in Iraq, has said that although Iraq […]

Muslim Brotherhood Heads up Iraq under Americans AFP reports that the president of the Interim Governing Council for February is Muhsin Abdul Hamid, the leader […]

Details of Iraqi Draft Fundamental Law The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas [“Firebrand”: Arabic URL] has published a draft of the Fundamental Law on which the Interim […]

14 Dead in Iraq Attacks, including 3 US Soldiers Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill 3 US troops near Kirkuk on Saturday. Another group […]