Japan invites Samawah Chieftains to Tokyo The tribal chieftains of the Samawah region have been invited to Tokyo in April for consultations about the best […]

Sistani opposes Appointed Transitional Government The Jordan Times reported on the various plans being put forward for the July1 US hand-off to a sovereign Iraqi […]

Arab-Americans and Bush I was glad to see Jack Shafer at Slate take on the awful NYT report about “Arab-Americans” giving big donations to Bush. […]

Informed Comment wins 2003 Koufax Award for Expert Blog Many thanks to all the kind readers who voted for Informed Comment, and to the authors […]

Ashura Coming Nir Rosen has an important piece in the Asia Times on the preparations for Ashura in Iraq. Ashura, the 10th of the month […]

Bremer Pledges to Block Islamic Law Paul Bremer appointed Muhsin Abdul Hamid, the leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (i.e. the Muslim Brotherhood) to serve […]

Brahimi Warns Iraqis of Civil War UN envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi knows whereof he speaks when it comes to civil war. He is Algerian, […]

Interim Governing Council Rethinks its Shape It seems increasingly likely that the national elections in Iraq scheduled for May 2004 will be pushed to December, […]

Controversy over Whodunit in Fallujah The Scotsman has a balanced article on speculation concerning the identity of the attackers in Fallujah on Saturday. It notes […]