Citizenship Requested for Sistani Kurdish-Shiite-Sunni Negotiations Al-Zaman The provincial council of Najaf, now dominated by the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, requested that […]

Halliburton Over Charges US Halliburton appears to have charged the US government $27 million to deliver $84,000 worth of fuel to Iraq. Everywhere you dig […]

Dueling Demonstrations in Lebanon In the duel of the demonstrations in Lebanon, the political opposition (a coalition of Christians, Druze and some Sunni Arabs), brought […]

Shiite-Kurdish Deal Collapses Al-Hayat: The Shiite/Kurdish negotiations to form a government before parliament is seated on March 16 have fallen apart, apparently because the Kurds […]

Mosul Bombing Leaves Legacy of Sectarian Bitterness Al-Hayat: On the security front, 16 Iraqis were killed on Sunday, along with 3 US troops, in separate […]

Lebanon Counter-Demonstration One thing the Bush Administration hadn’t counted upon when it pushed for withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was that the vacuum might […]

Plan for Southern Confederation Advances Al-Hayat: Twenty-five political, social and religious personalities met to create the “Project for the Southern Confederation,” that would unite Basra, […]

Democracy Now on Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti Radio This page suggests ways to campaign for Democracy Now to be heard in our area. I suggest that […]

On Ending Military Occupations in the Middle East Some Iraqis find it ironic that President Bush called for a withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon […]