Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule The United Nations has succeeded in convincing the Iraqi parliament to reverse itself. The interim constitution provides that if any three […]

5 US Troops Killed in Sweep of West Sunnis threaten Boycott on new Constitution Five US soldiers have been killed by bombings and a sniper […]

Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan I won’t get a chance to say this all together again for a while, so L’Shana Tova and Ramadan Mubarak!

Sunni Arabs Enraged at Law on 3-Province Veto UN Begins Distributing Constitution The Sunni Arabs of Iraq have for some time had a sneaking suspicion […]

Iraq Press Roundup Tom Engelhardt writes about “Withdrawal Symptoms”— the increasing urge of Americans to get out of Iraq and the arguments for it. Jesse […]

Ammar al-Hakim: Iranian Influence Over-Stated Admits Iraqi Government has Performed Poorly From Al-Sharq al-Awsat (“The Middle East”), London: An Interview by Ma`d al-Fayyad with Ammar […]

The Welsh in Maysan: Anything but Quiet This article from last week was published obscurely but it is eloquent about the claim that the “problem” […]

Bush Dunnit George Stephanopolous dropped a bombshell on his show on Sunday. Toward the end, as Judd notes, he said, ‘ Definitely a political problem […]

Talabani Calls for Jaafari’s Resignation Iraq Unravels President Jalal Talabani called Sunday for Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to step down. Jaafari is the leader of […]