Annan Will Send UN Election Team to Iraq Kofi Annan will send an election commission to Iraq, the Washington Post reports. This United Nations commission […]

Bombs Rock Baghdad on Monday Powerful explosions rocked downtown Baghdad at 10:35 pm local time on Monday, as a rocket also landed in a parking […]

Kerry, Edwards surge in New Hampshire; Health Care beats Iraq as Concern Only 10 percent of the voters in New Hampshire think Iraq is the […]

Iraqi Women’s Rights Imperiled Sarah el Deeb of the Associated Press explores the implications for Iraqi women of the US tendency to appoint men to […]

Controversy over 45 Minute Claim Nick Theros is denying stories that appeared in Newsweek and theThe Guardian that claim to demonstrate how expatriate networks suckered […]

Mahatma Sistani? From a European peace worker in Iraq, a week or so ago: “I have heard that Sistani has promoted among his followers the […]

6 US Soldiers killed over Weekend, Over a Dozen Wounded; 2 Iraqi police dead, dozens wounded; Helicopter Crash The low-grade guerrilla war against the US […]

Sunday Times Alleges Torture, Kidnapping in Basra The Sunday Times carried a story that members of the Badr Brigade of the Shiite Supreme Council for […]

The Question of Elections in Iraq In the past week, two significant demonstrations were launched by Iraq’s Shiites, including one on Monday 1/19 that involved […]