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 […]

2 US Soldiers and an Iraqi Killed near Khalidiyah Wire services report: ‘Two US soldiers and an Iraqi have been killed by a roadside bomb […]

Al-Zarqawi Rebuffed The NYT reports that US suveillance of “chatter” among suspected terrorists suggests to them that al-Qaeda has decided not to get involved in […]

Al-Karbala’i calls for Resignation of Provincial Council AFP/ash-Sharq al-Awsat report that Shaykh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in the holy […]

Demonstrations for Elections in Najaf The Iranian news agency is reporting that thousands of demonstrators came out in the shrine city of Najaf in Iraq […]

Annan: No Direct Elections are Possible before July 1 The Washington Post reports the following: Kofi Annan did as Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani asked, and […]

Iran, Iraq and Two Shiite Visions Veteran Middle East reporter Nicholas Blanford writes in the Christian Science Monitor about Grand Ayatollah Sistani and the implications […]

Sistani Interview in Der Spiegel If the article coming out on Saturday in Der Spiegel, the German news magazine, is accurate, it seems to me […]

Zarqawi Issue Still on the Front Burner Tony Karon at Time’s weblog and Jim Lobe in the Asia Times both write interestingly on the letter […]