*The British forces ringing Basra have called on civilians to leave the city. Many are walking to Basra, 12 miles away, in search of water. […]

*The British are asserting that there has been a popular revolt in Basra against the Republican Guards and other forces loyal to Saddam. The Iraqi […]

*I saw an interview by a journalist with some Kurds in the North of Iraq who were complaining about the US invasion of Iraq and […]

*As usual in war reporting, I already have to take back some of what I said yesterday. It seems increasingly clear that the Bush administration […]

*Basra fell early Sunday morning EST, Sunday afternoon Baghdad time. Actually what appears to have happened was that the largely British force surrounding the city […]

*Well, we found out why the ground troops moved in without a preceding air campaign. The air campaign had been planned for Friday, and was […]

*The US 3rd Infantry Division has entered southern Iraq virtually without opposition. The insertion of some 16,000 or 17,000 men into enemy territory before the […]

*Asharq al-Awsat reports that hundreds of “Afghan Arabs” (volunteers, mainly from the Arab world, who had fought the Soviets or with the Taliban in Afghanistan) […]

*My mind and heart are, like those of so many Americans, focused on the Gulf and Iraq tonight. I am thinking about all those brave […]