US Tempts Pakistan with Aid, in return for Troops in Iraq The US is putting pressure on Pakistan to send up to 10,000 troops to […]

CNN Star says US Media were Intimidated by Bush Christiane Amanpour said in an interview on CNBC that the US media had been intimidated into […]

Zebari Rules out Turkish Troops in Iraqi Kurdish Areas Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has categorically ruled out the deployment of Turkish troops in the […]

Two US Soldiers Wounded, One Albanian Killed, Iraqis wounded In Mosul, guerrillas wounded two US soldiers on Monday. In a separate incident, they fired grenades […]

Iranian Pilgrims set to come to Iraq Iranian television announced that Iran would open its borders next week to Iranian pilgrims who wish to visit […]

Cheney and Halliburton Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) “said public records show that Cheney, former chief executive officer of Halliburton, collected $367,000 in deferred salary from […]

Border Alerts against Infiltrators US forces are attempting to patrol Iraq’s huge borders with special care these days, reports al-Sharq al-Awsat. From all accounts, it […]

No post-1998 Nuclear Weapons Program in Iraq The Iraqis never tried to revive their nuclear weapons program after the UN inspectors dismantled it, according to […]

Benign Autocracy in Iraq is a Recipe for Disaster My entry in an email discussion of the proposal made by Ray Takeyh and Nikolas Gvosdev […]