Prominent Sunni cleric Assassinated The Chicago Tribune reports on the assassination Saturday in the Western Baghdad quarter of Khadra of prominent Sunni cleric Shaikh Dhamir […]

Update on Americana in Arabic Project The project to translate key works of American thought, culture and history into Arabic and have them properly distributed […]

4 US soldiers Wounded, their Translator Killed According to Reuters, ”’Four US soldiers were wounded and their Iraqi translator was killed in a small arms […]

Four Members of Karbala’s Provincial Assembly Resign under Pressure from Sistani al-Hayat: Four members of Karbala’s American-appointed provincial council yielded to the demands that they […]

Is Iraq an Arab Country? Islam Online reports a heated debate in Iraq and in the Interim Governing Council over whether Iraq should be identified […]

Abdul Hamid Shocks Kuwait and Jordan with Claims on their Territories

Chinese Excited over Iraq’s Free Market Growth Those capitalist roaders among the Chinese communists in Shanghai appear to be watering in the mouth over the […]

The Annan Plan for Iraq The London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat says it has acquired an advance draft of comments UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will […]

Kurds’ demand for Autonomy Roils IGC The Washington Post reports that the issues of the nature of federalism and the rights of minorities and provinces […]