Sistani on Elections In an interview with the Baghdad daily az-Zaman, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said that he expects his negotiations with […]

RPG attack in Mosul injures 1; Sabotage of Petroleum Facilities Michelle Faul reports that on Sunday, guerrillas in Mosul launched a rocket-propelled grenade at a […]

Wrangling over the Future of Kurdistan Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, a member of the Interim Governing Council, announced Sunday that the Kurds would not be […]

Al-Hakim in Damascus Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, president for December of the Interim Governing Council, visited Damascus and announced that he was seeking a security agreement […]

Steps toward Trying Saddam in Iraq According to al-Hayat, the court judge, Dara Nuruddin, a member of the Interim Governing Council, announced that 20 judges […]

Vigilanteism in Karbala: Curfew Announced Basil Abdul Majid reports in az-Zaman that a curfew has been announced in the city as a result of threats […]

Saddam Trial May Backfire The following interview appeared in the Ann Arbor News on Sunday. In it I take a contrarian stand. I know that […]

Wave of Assassinations Against Baathists in Wake of Saddam’s Capture Even before Saddam was captured on Dec. 13, a wave of assassinations of former Baathist […]

2 US Soldiers Wounded; 3 Iraqi police Killed by US Troops According to MSNBC, attacks on US forces and Iraqi police in the past few […]