Bush Sneaks in and Out of Baghdad W. must have envisaged his triumphal first trip to Baghdad very differently. Last spring, before the war, he […]

Sistani’s Fatwa to the Americans In the meantime, Bush’s team at the Coalition Provisional Authority were scrambling to respond to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s critique […]

Sistani Raises Objections to Latest Coalition Plan According to al-Hayat, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and a […]

2 US troops wounded in Mosul; Italian Embassy in Baghdad Hit by Rockets Guerrillas fired a rocket or mortar round into the second floor of […]

Iraq War damaging US War on Terror Warren Strobel of Knight Ridder points out that many counter-terrorism analysts are convinced that the real war on […]

Khamenei: ‘America Sinking into Quagmire” “ Iran’s Supreme Jurisprudent, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a radio address that: ‘The American nation should know that Iraq […]

Norwegian troops in Iraq fear for safety Norwegian troops appear to be surprised to find that they are not actually in a peacekeeping role in […]

Marshall: Cheney had Garner Fire Warrick Josh Marshall has excellent analysis of Jay Garner’s BBC interview on the failing of the US in handling post-war […]

More on Why Partitioning Iraq is a Very Bad Idea Jack Straw alluded to the dangers of a break-up of Iraq in a news conference […]