Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr: Close Iraq’s Borders to Mischief In a fluff piece in al-Zaman, Shiite cleric Hussein al-Sadr, a minor member of the al-Sadr family […]

Death Penalty to Return? The new Iraqi ministry of the interior (analogous to Homeland Security in the US) is pressing for the reinstatement of the […]

Renewed Iraqi Monarchy a Bad Idea I’ve heard rumors that the idea of imposing a member of the Hashemite monarchy on Iraq is again making […]

Iraq and Vietnam Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and a decorated war hero from the Vietnam era, who lost three limbs in that war, is […]

Three US Troops Wounded Guerrillas launched two separate rpg attacks on US military convoys in the Mosul region on Saturday, wounding three US soldiers. There […]

Three Way Summit in Berlin Ends “in disaster” France’s Jacques Chirac refused to compromise on two key issues at the Berlin summit between Britain, Germany […]

Doctors Optimistic about Aqila al-Hashimi Her physicians, who have operated once and planned a second operation, are guardedly optimistic about the prospects of Aqila Hashimi, […]

100,000 Gangsters in Iraq An official with the international Red Cross/ Red Crescent in Amman told al-Sharq al-Awsat on Saturday that the 100,000 members of […]

Breaking news: Aqila al-Hashimi Attacked, in Critical Condition Guerrillas fired rocket-propelled grenades Saturday morning at the automobilie of Aqila al-Hashimi, a prominent female member of […]