Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar […]
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British Fear Uprising After One Year
British Fear Uprising after One Year The British authorities in the Iraqi south are desperately afraid that the Americans are going to dawdle around so […]
Wave Of Assassinations In Basra Dozens
Wave of Assassinations in Basra Dozens of prominent Iraqis have recently been assassinated in Basra, according to az-Zaman. The paper says that a few of […]
Hundreds Demonstrate In Sadr City
Hundreds demonstrate in Sadr City Against US American troops appear accidentally to have killed a municipal leader of a neighborhood in East Baghdad whom they […]
Islamic Party Puts Hopes In Syria
Islamic Party puts hopes in Syria Muhsin Abdul Hamid, leader of the Islamic Party of Iraq, gave an interview to al-Hayat about his meetings in […]
Us Ignorance Created Quagmire In
US Ignorance Created the Quagmire in Fallujah Journalist Hazim al-Amin reports in al-Hayat that Fallujah and Ramadi strike him as almost identical in most ways. […]
Us Clashes With Pkk In Iraq Turks
US Clashes with PKK in Iraq; Turks Complain of Lack of Influence Turkish Chief of Staff Hilmi Ozkok has complained that the US is showing […]
Israel Connections To Iraq Occupation
Israel Connections to the Iraq Occupation Delinda Hanley charges that there is a strong Israeli connection to US plans for Iraq, citing three developments. One […]
Muqtadas Softer Side More Extended
Muqtada’s Softer Side A more extended analysis of Muqtada al-Sadr’s recent softening toward the US presence and his turn to playing ordinary politics instead of […]
Klein Not Just Troops Out Now But
Klein: Not Just “Troops Out Now” but “Contractors Out Now” Journalist Naomi Klein says, “It’s too late to stop the war, but it’s not too […]