German Aid for Iraqi Higher Education Every indication is that as soon as they get their independence, the Iraqi politicians will immediately invite France, Germany […]

Supreme Council Denounces Terrorism In his sermon in Najaf for the Eid al-Adha, Sadr al-Din al-Qubanji of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq […]

Inquiry Must cover Cheney, Feith The Bush Administration will probably attempt to dump all the blame for the WMD fiasco on the CIA. As many […]

Patel on Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri as a possible Sistani Successor David Patel, in Basra, brings up the question of who would succeed Grand Ayatollah […]

Brown Translation, Commentary on Draft of Iraqi Fundamental Law Professor Nathan Brown of George Washington University, among the foremost US experts in Middle Eastern law, […]

Were the Irbil Bombings Revenge for the Capture of Hasan Ghul of al-Qaeda? The London daily al-Hayat raised the question today of whether Sunday’s twin […]

Reply to Yglesias on Palestine Matthew Yglesias, a philosopher who runs a very interesting web site, cited my piece on 2/2/04 about Muqtada al-Sadr’s objecting […]

At least 56 dead, over 200 Wounded in Irbil Blasts Suicide bombers blew up the headquarters of the two major Kurdish political parties in Irbil […]

Muqtada to Electricity Minister over Israel: “Go to Hell!” According to AFP, Aiham al-Samarrai, interim minister of electricity in Iraq, has said that although Iraq […]