Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the Sunday before Christmas, Pope Francis said, “May the weapons be silenced and Christmas carols resound!” according to Kristina […]
Main Content
Loya Jirga On Tigris Us Secretary Of
Loya Jirga on the Tigris? US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Weds. that a “Loya Jirga” could be held in Iraq. He seems to […]
Muqtada Vs
Muqtada vs. the Grand Ayatollahs Ed Wong of the NYT has a canny read on the stand-off between Muqtada al-Sadr and the Grand Ayatollahs of […]
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Iraq Hearings I didn’t post much on Tuesday because I was testifying in Washington at the Senate Foreign relations commitee […]
22 Killed 92 Injured At Abu Ghuraib Ap
22 Killed, 92 Injured at Abu Ghuraib AP reports that a bombardment by guerrillas of the Abu Ghuraib prison resulted in 22 deaths of inmates […]
30 Iraqis 12 Us Troops Killed Over
30 Iraqis, 12 US Troops Killed over Deadly Weekend 5 US troops were killed Sunday in fighting near the Syrian border at Husayba, but various […]
Najaf Muqtada Myers And Zapatero
Najaf: Muqtada, Myers, and Zapatero A spokesman for Muqtada al-Sadr, Qais al-Khaz’ali, said Sunday that his forces would extend their truce with the Coalition for […]
Attack On Najaf Will Be Zero Hour Of
An Attack on Najaf “Will be Zero Hour of a Massive Popular Uprising”: al-Khaz’ali ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Hundreds of members of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Army of the […]
Najaf Crisis And International
Najaf Crisis and International Implications Iran: US Will Pay a ‘Heavy Price’ Iran warned the American government that it would “pay a heavy price” if […]
Rantisi And Najaf Sunday Herald
Rantisi and Najaf The Sunday Herald correctly points out that the Israeli murder of Abdul Aziz Rantisi, the head of the political wing of the […]