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 Thousands of Kurds March in Joy in Kirkuk The Guardian reports that tens of thousands of Kurds marched […]

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s Fatwa This is what was at the site of Sistani: ” In the name of the Most Exalted Grand Ayatollah Sistani […]

Turkey on Interim constitution: “It Increases our Concerns.” The new Iraqi basic law deeply angered the Turkish government by offering what it saw as a […]

Saddam never asked for Nukes to be Reconstituted: Top Iraqi Scientist AP reports that Jafar Dhia Jafar, father of Iraq’s nuclear program, is denying that […]

Kaplan on Chalabi and Sistani Slate’s Fred Kaplan has an interesting article on the recent gyrations of Ahmad Chalabi, who has been aligning himself lately […]

Cole and Astrabadi on Lehrer Newshour Head’s up, I’ll be on the Lehrer Newshour this evening 3/8 (many of you have asked for such alerts).

Mogadishu and Deja Vu All Over Again The 7 rocket strikes at the al-Rashid Hotel and the Baghdad Headquarters of the Coalition Provisional authority wounded […]

Basic Law Signing: “Fallout from Crisis Remains Hamza Hendawi of AP reports today on the signing of the Basic Law in Baghdad. The five Shiite […]