Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq (Associated Press)

"Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks — including those on American troops — if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two...

Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq

"AP - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks — including those on American troops — if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on...

U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil via Jordan

May 30, 2006. Talk of new pipeline to transport oil from the Kirkuk area, where some 40 percent of Iraqi oil is produced.

Don't Wear Shorts

"In Baghdad. No matter how hot it is. Or you could end up getting killed in the New Democracy that Georgie Porgie says is worth thosuands of lives dying for. "

Informed Comment

"Iran is perhaps the only unambiguous winner in the new situation in Iraq, and its foreign minister was basking in the glow on Saturday. On Friday, Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari defended Iran's right to have a civilian nuclear energy program. That can't be what...

When your name can kill you

"I want to live in peace and don't want my children to die just because of their names" As increasing violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims pushes Iraq toward civil war, many Iraqis are changing their names to avoid being killed for their religious...

The Zarqawi Factor

The destruction of the Shia's holiest shrine, the Golden Mosque, in Iraq and the immediate reaction that IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SUNNI'S, has created a condition that favours one particular group.

Suicide Bomber Kills 25 at Shiite Gathering in Pakistan

"PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded today when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim procession in northwest Pakistan, officials and hospital sources said. In neighboring Afghanistan, a rare outbreak of...