Jaafari and Shahrudi Alireza Doostdar writes: ‘ I just read your . . . article on Salon (The big winner is… Iran), and had a […]

Forensic Evidence Leads to 2 Arrests London police commissioner Sir Ian Blair announced that substantial forensic evidence had been recovered in relationship to Thursday’s bombings. […]

Blogging London from UK Blogger comment from Tim Worstall. And the Guardian news blog. AFP has an updated report that depends heavily on Sky News. […]

More Bomb attempts in London The Wikipedia entry is already a useful starting place. One caution: UK authorities are denying the rumors of chemicals and […]

Advantage Iran My article at Salon.com, “The Iraq War is Over and the Winner is . . . Iran” is just out online. Excerpt: ‘ […]

State Memo on Plame Stamped “Secret” Walter Pincus and Jim VandeHei have dug around and discovered that the State Department memo mentioning Valerie Plame (Wilson) […]

Four Sunnis pull out of Constitution Committee in Protest A Dozen Dead in New Attacks Arab News reports that ‘ Over a dozen more people […]

Pakistan Arrests 200 after London Bombing Pakistan is in the midst of a major crackdown on the leaders of radical Muslim groups, several of which […]

Gaza and the Orange Shirt Protests Or the Middle East Made Simple These are the people of Gaza: Even in ordinary circumstances, Gaza is a […]