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Bombing: Iraqis Angered by US Failure to Provide Security Some reports have the dead in Sunday’s bombing outside the Baghdad hotel at 8, with 40 wounded. About 10 of those are security guards, and 6 police, according to al-Zaman. Ten of the wounded are in serious condition, many having lost limbs. The bomber was stopped […]

Barzani urges Arab League to Support Exclusion of Turkish Troops from Iraq In Cairo, IGC member Massoud Barzani urged the Arab League to support the Interim Governing Council in rejecting the stationing of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil. He warned that sending troops to Iraq from any neighboring country would only increase tensions. The Kurdish […]

Karbala Pilgrim attracts Hundreds of Thousands; Muqtada explains Shadow Government Hundreds of thousands if not over a million pilgrims crowded into Karbala on Sunday to commemorate the birth of the Twelfth Imam, who is expected to return as a messiah one day by Shiites. It was the first time in decades they could celebrate the […]

US Figures on Iraqi Oil Production Challenged The Independent charged on Sunday that the US civil administrators in Iraq have often overstated the amount of petroleum Iraq is able to export under their rule, and have downplayed sabotage and other bad news. It says that experienced oil men “shake their heads” at the oil statistics […]

Shaikh al-Nasiri demands seat on Interim Governing Council A conference was held in Nasiriya of religious and tribal leaders on Sunday. They demanded that the drafters of the new Iraqi constitution be elected. Shaikh Muhammad al-Nasiri, an Object of Emulation for some Iraqi Shiites, said that there should be a representative from al-Nasiriya on the […]

Blast Kills 6-7, wounds dozens at Baghdad Hotel Two cars full of explosives raced toward the Baghdad Hotel early Sunday in Baghdad. The hotel, where many Westerners stay, was protected by security barriers, and Iraqi guards fired at the cars, killing the drivers and setting off the explosives some distance from the hotel itself. Between […]

Mahdi’s Birthday Celebrated by 1 Million Shiites in Iraq; Muqtada promises shadow government Hundreds of thousands, perhaps a million and a half Shiite worshippers crowded into the shrine city of Karbala on Saturday, to begin commemorating the birth of the Twelfth Imam (in the Western calendar it was 2 August 869 AD). The Polish commander […]

Masoud Barzani confirms that the Interim Governing Council’s Consensus is against Turkish Troops Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democracy Party and prominent member of the American-appointed Interim Governing Council in Iraq, told an audience in Kuwait on Saturday that a consensus exists among the Iraqi people that troops from neighboring countries, including Turkey, should […]

Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson Both far rightwing commentators Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson have been in the news this weekend. Limbaugh, of course, is going into rehab to try to kick his addiction to prescription painkillers. Robertson agreed with the sentiment that the US State Department should be “nuked.” I think Limbaugh’s addiction problems […]