On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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Wave Of Kidnappings Continues In
Wave of Kidnappings Continues in Baghdad Jack Fairweather of the Independent reports that the wave of kidnappings that has racked Baghdad continues, at an average […]
More On Interim Constitution Roger
More on Interim Constitution Roger Myerson, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, shared with me the following on the Interim Constitution, and […]
1 Us Soldier Killed 1 Wounded Spanish
1 US Soldier killed, 1 Wounded; Spanish Base Shelled Wire services say that one US soldier was killed and another wounded Tuesday in a roadside […]
Sistani No Demonstrations Over Interim
Sistani: No Demonstrations Over Interim Constitution az-Zaman: Ibrahim Jaafari, leader of the al-Da`wa al-Islamiyah Party in Iraq, who is close to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, […]
Can We All Get Along My Op Ed
Can We all Get Along? My op-ed, Conquering the divide (about Sunni-Shiite divisions), appeared in the Guardian yesterday. I conclude, Iraq’s future very much depends […]
Impressions From Iraq It Was Kind Of
Impressions from Iraq: ‘It was Kind of Scary’ USC’s Daily Trojan profiles Sharif Ossayran, an Iraqi expatriate who went back to his home country and […]
Us Press As Stenographers For Bush War
US Press as “Stenographers” for Bush War Reuters reports that the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies released a report on Tuesday […]
Cobban On Interim Constitution Veteran
Cobban on Interim Constitution Veteran journalist Helena Cobban has more discussion of the Fundamental Law signed Monday, its implications for Iraq, and the continued reservations […]
3 Killed 20 Wounded As Tens Of
3 Killed, 20 wounded as Tens of Thousands of Kurds March in Joy in Kirkuk The Guardian reports that tens of thousands of Kurds marched […]