al-Qaeda and Pakistani Intelligence It has long been clear that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (military intelligence) helped create the Taliban and almost certainly was involved in […]

Bush May be making Hurricanes Worse For all those on the U.S. East Coast inconvenienced or endangered by the hurricane season, you should be aware […]

Israeli Expulsion of Arafat would Violate Fourth Geneva Convention Someone asked me my stance on the Israeli War Cabinet’s decision to expel Palestinian leader Yasser […]

Hard Lives in Iraq As usual, Borzou Daragahi does an excellent job in reporting from Iraq on the ground (he is only “embedded” in Iraqi […]

Bloody 24 hours in Iraq Guerrillas killed two US soldiers in the region west of Baghdad, and wounded 11 (yes, 11!) others on late Thursday […]

Sunni-Shiite Unity in Iraq (against American “Designs” The Iraqi Islamic Party had called on Sunnis and Shiites to pray together at a major mosque in […]

Bush willing to Safeguard Russian Economic Interests in Iraq According to a fine analysis by Knight-Ridder’s William Douglas, the United States will attempt to sideline […]

Clarification on Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and the Interim Governing Council Abdul Aziz al-Hakim gave a news conference, according to al-Zaman, in which he clarified rumors […]

“Benign Autocracies” Produce Terrorism My response to the idea put forward in some circles that something they call a “benign autocracy” should be put in […]