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 […]

Bremer Will seek Compromise with Sistani The Arabic press on Tuesday morning mostly reported that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani had been rebuffed by the Interim […]

International Law still Allows the US to hand Saddam over to Iraqis for trial Ma`d Fayyad of ash-Sharq al-Awsat filed a story on Tuesday in […]

Sistani Insists on General Elections After weeks of silence and rumors that he might back down on his demand that free and fair elections be […]