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Zinni on What Went Wrong In the wake of Gen. Anthony Zinni's 60 Minutes appearance, it is worth looking in detail at his recent essay on...

Continued Fallout of War of Holy Cities Even though Karbala has fallen quiet, there were clashes on other fronts. 20 people were killed and...

A Shiite International? There was more heavy fighting in Karbala early on Friday, after which the city fell eerily quiet. By Friday night ...

Guest Editorials I'm going to be doing some traveling this coming week. I will be posting more guest editorials than usual, and may not...

Shiite Demonstrations in Bahrain Violent demonstrations broke out in Bahrain protesting the US fighting in Karbala. "Violence broke ...

Heavy Fighting in Holy Cities The Associated Press reports that "American tanks and AC-130 gunships pounded insurgent positions near t...

More on Chalabi Raid Ash-Sharq al-Awsat : Chalabi aides said that 10 computers and lots of files were carted away from Chalabi's hou...