Union Opposition to Petroleum Industry Privatization The General Union of Oil Employees in Basra has issued a strong statement against privatization of the Iraqi petroleum […]

32 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Al-Hayat: Some 30 policemen were killed in 3 suicide bombings Thursday, and 60 were wounded. Also killed was a Shiite […]

Hitchens, Galloway and Cole I just haven’t had time to watch the Hitchens/ Galloway debate, and won’t have time to do it until this weekend. […]

A Necklace of Bombs for Baghdad US Troops Attacked Sistani: No Civil War even if Half of Shiites are Killed Al-Hayat: After the 12 explosions […]

David Langness Reports on New Orleans My dear friend David Langness, who has long experience in the field of humanitarian relief work, reports: ‘Howdy, folks, […]

Black Wednesday’s Death Toll rises to 150 The death toll in Wednesday’s eight bombings in Baghdad rose to 150, with one bomb in Kadhimiyah accounting […]

At least 90 Dead, 162 Injured in Baghdad Blast Sunnis Reject Constitution At 7 am on Wednesday morning, guerrillas detonated a huge suicide car bomb […]

Guest Editorial: Myerson on Iraqi Constitution “Federalism and the Iraqi Constitution” by Roger B. Myerson The draft Iraqi constitution deserves much more public discussion in […]

Tal Afar as Ethnic Civil War Much of the American press has reported the Tal Afar campaign as a strike by the new Iraqi Army, […]