Sistani Plays the Tribal Card; Demonstration in Basra According to al-Hayat newspaper, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani held a meeting in Najaf at which he encouraged […]

Kidnappers have Private Prisons Patrick Cockburn reports from Iraq that the wave of kidnappings that began last summer has not subsided. Rather, it has become […]

Saddam Warned Baathists against Cooperating with Radical Islamists The New York Times revealed on Wednesday via a leaked document found with Saddam Hussein that the […]

Hero of the Day Our hero of the day is Rabbi Arik Ascherman, who put himself in front of a bulldozer in a protest against […]

Another Helicopter Shot Down; Bomb in Baqubah; 4 Killed at Fallujah Protests In the eastern city of Baqubah, guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside a […]

Continued Demonstrations in Kut: Ukrainians kill 1, wound 2 Demonstrators; Kut Governor resigns Demonstrations against unemployment and the poor economic situation in Kut continued for […]

Mass demonstrations by Women, Others, against Sudden Islamization of Law The Baghdad/London daily az-Zaman reports that there were widespread demonstrations on Tuesday by women against […]

Clark Gains on Dean in New Hampshire Wesley Clark is gaining on Howard Dean in New Hamphire, at least in the polls. Clark has raised […]

1 US Soldier Killed; Ukrainian Troops fire over Heads of Kut Protesters Nadia Abou al-Magd reports for AP that guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb on […]