Updated at 11:34 p.m. EST, Dec. 21, 2009 At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 21 were wounded across Iraq. A bomber struck a heavy blow to the Tal Afar city council, while several small bombings kept Baghdad on edge. In the south, Shi'ite pilgrims are making their way...
Sunday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded
The oilfield standoff ended peacefully today after talks between the Iraqi and Iranian foreign ministers went well. Elsewhere, the country has been relatively quiet due to the Islamic New Year and upcoming Ashura observances. The upcoming Western holidays are also...
Saturday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded
Friday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded; Mass Grave Found
Thursday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded
Wednesday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 27 Wounded
Tuesday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 63 Wounded
The Dust Bowl of Babylon
[This report appears in the winter 2009/10 issue of World Policy Journal and is posted here with the kind permission of the editors of that magazine.] BAGHDAD - From his mud brick home on the edge of the Garden of Eden, Awda Khasaf has twice seen his country's...
The Taxi Driver Who Drove Us to War
Over on the other side of the pond, the British are doing something we would never ever do – aside, that is, from spreading Marmite on a tea biscuit and actually consuming it. They are investigating the origins of the Iraq war. They want to know how did they get lured...


