Perry de Havilland has a solution to the Iraqi quagmire! What seems to be developing into an open revolt in Iraq by Shi'a Islamists could be a Godsend to the coalition and secular elements of Iraqi society in the long run... in openly taking up arms against the...

Here's a discussion of Muqtada al Sadr from Raed Jarrar who posts on his Iraqi blog Raed in the Middle. Muqtada, is younger than me. He is around 25 years old, spent all of his life in Iraq studying in religious schools, I think he is very introverted, defensive and...

Will the US assassinate al-Sadr? They've announced an arrest warrant for him, and called him a "terrorist." The White House accused Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr of being an ally of "terrorist organizations" on Monday and said the religious leader whose...

"Iraqi Army" turns on the Americans Watch for more of this to happen: US Apache helicopters sprayed fire on the private army of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during fierce battles today in the western Baghdad district of Al-Showla, witnesses and an AFP...

A month ago, Qawliya's collection of perhaps 150 homes in southern Iraq contained a small red-light district, an isolated warren known for prostitution and gunrunning and as a haven from the law. Today, it is destroyed, the few sounds of life made by barking dogs and...

Neocons and WarBots across the net have apparently decided that the four Blackwater, USA mercenaries killed in Fallujah should be elevated to saint status due to...well, it isn't clear why. However, failing to show reverence to the new saints of the Iraqi war is to...

Well, let's see. Sharon has bulldozed some more houses in Rafah, shot some stone throwing little boys, assaulted the Al Aqsa mosque with riot police, who even shot sound bombs into the mosque, had a shootout at a Palestinian mental hospital, and threatened to kill...

The White House website has a page called "Renewal in Iraq" where it posts good news stories under the heading "Liberation Update." News accounts are painting vivid pictures of the joy and relief of free Iraqis, who are living without fear of Saddam's brutality and...

One of the appeals currently being made by the warbots is an attempt to drum up sympathy for the Americans killed in Fallujah by casting them as humanitarian workers delivering food to the Iraqis. As AntiWar's Justin Raimondo points out when critiquing Peggy Noonan's...

A couple of weeks ago, four American missionaries were killed in Mosul. Then, on March 28, a Briton and a Canadian mercenary were killed in Mosul. After 4 mercenaries were killed in Fallujah, Kimmitt goes all ballistic and vows revenge and says he's going to "pacify"...