Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 4 Iraqis Killed; 23 Iraqis, 7 Iranians Wounded
Saturday: 11 Iraqis, 7 Iranians Killed; 88 Iraqis, 45 Iranians Wounded
The Myth of a Shia-Sunni/Persian-Arab Confrontation
Is there a Shia crescent threatening the stability of western Asia and northern Africa? Is there a historically coded Arab-Persian enmity driving the international politics of the region? Does it date back centuries, and is it now viewed as a battle for regional...
Torture Orders Were Part of US Sectarian War Strategy
The revelation by WikiLeaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees by Iraqis has been treated in news reports as yet another case of lack of concern by the U.S. military about detainee abuse. But the deeper...
Tuesday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 32 Wounded
Sunday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded
Monday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 15 Wounded
Although casualties were light today—at least 13 Iraqis were killed and 15 were wounded—a number of important stories made the headlines. Among them is the announcement of Tony Blair's appearance at the Iraq Inquiry. Meanwhile, a U.S. soldier was found guilty of...
Tuesday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 6 Wounded; Massive Security Sweep
Updated at 7:39 p.m. EST, Jan. 12, 2010 A massive security sweep in Baghdad has suppressed other news reporting in Iraq. The operation, which government officials say was against a bomb plot, even drowned out the stunning assessment that Dutch involvement in the Iraq...