From Juan Cole: Az-Zaman reports that the "Cadres and Chosen Party" of 180 members of the Sadr Movement is coming in third in the early election returns [in the south], after the mainstream Shiite United Iraqi Alliance and the Iraqiyah list of interim Prime Minister...
There have been a lot of turnout estimates thrown around fast and loose -- hopefully we will have a better indication of the truth soon. But the International Organization for Migration (IOM) seems to have learned some propaganda techniques from the previous Iraqi...
A fascinating Zogby poll of Iraqis was released yesterday. Some key results:Only 9% of Sunnis says they will definitely vote, 76% say they will definitely not vote.Majorities of both Sunni Arabs (82%) and Shiites (69%) favor U.S. forces withdrawing either immediately...
Investor's Business Daily wants the US to invade Syria:Regime change in Syria should be the ultimate goal of the civilized world.And they seem to have no illusions about it:A move against Syria would no doubt have given critics even more reason to make the Vietnam...
The end of the (tax) year is just a week away. Did you know that donations to Antiwar.com are tax-deductible? As a division of the 501(C)3 Randolph Bourne Institute, Americans may deduct the full amount of their yearly donations to Antiwar.com from their federal and...
How can anyone be unmoved by the images of devastation? With the billions of dollars spent on deliberate destruction (wars), we should be motivated to counter with our individual help to the victims of this natural disaster. I have been most impressed with the work of...
The Daily Yomiuri, the leading newspaper in Japan, has chosen Antiwar.com as their favorite website of 2004. They choose six favorites, and Antiwar.com is listed first: For news and opinion related to conflicts around the world, Antiwar.com (www.antiwar.com) continues...
Today at 6pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific (on some satellite systems, 6pm Pacific), the History Channel is running "The Christmas Truce" on "Histories Mysteries." In 1914, British and German troops along the front declared a truce -- they celebrated, shared food and gifts,...
From Marines Hampered by Security Fears in Falluja: Standing over a crater six meters (20 ft) across and six meters deep in a street created by what he said was a 2,000-pound bomb during the offensive, Staff Sargeant Jonathan Knarth, 29, of Florida, looked at down the...
Yesterday the death toll for GIs in Iraq hit 100 for the month of November (1221 total since the war began). With only two-thirds of the month over, Americans in Iraq are on track to exceed the previous high of 135 deaths in April of this year. This is an average of 5...
