Bush Contradicted Again President Bush keeps saying that everyone thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war, implying that if he was […]

Armed Militias of SCIRI, Da`wa Patrol Samawah AFP via az-Zaman: Security is being provided to the southern Shiite city of Samawah, pop. 350,000, by the […]

Laissez Faire Kaput Reuters confirms earlier reports that Tom Foley, the Coalition Provisional Authority official in charge of economic policy, has given up on a […]

Karbala Affairs az-Zaman reports that a CPA official* has forced the resignation of the governor and deputy govenor of Karbala province along with several members […]

Bremer left Brass out of Loop on Iraqi Army Dissolution AFP reports that Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace says […]

Women Demonstrate Demanding Equal Rights Small groups of women demonstrated in cities all over Iraq on Wednesday, demanding that equal rights for them be specified […]

Japan invites Samawah Chieftains to Tokyo The tribal chieftains of the Samawah region have been invited to Tokyo in April for consultations about the best […]

Sistani opposes Appointed Transitional Government The Jordan Times reported on the various plans being put forward for the July1 US hand-off to a sovereign Iraqi […]

Arab-Americans and Bush I was glad to see Jack Shafer at Slate take on the awful NYT report about “Arab-Americans” giving big donations to Bush. […]