More wasted lives: US faces another stalement in Iraq, this time in Najaf (tags)
After needlessly provoking an armed conflict with al-Sadr’s militia in Najaf, the U.S. is forced to back down again as in Fallujah, leaving more American soldiers pointlessly dead and wounded, and Iraqis angrier than before.
Bush’s Iraq Policy a Shambles, But Can Kerry Challenge It? (tags)
The fighting in Najaf exposes the fraud of the June 30 “sovereignty” handover, and represents a complete failure of Bush’s Iraq strategy, but Kerry can’t bring himself to condemn the whole thing as the colossal disaster that it is.
Iraqi Officials Resign Over U.S. attack on Najaf (tags)
"Iraqi Officials Resign Over U.S. attack on Najaf" Destroying a city in order to save it, again. Please spread this note, and please get ready to resist: US Out of Iraq! Hands Off Venezuela! So much is at stake. jamie
Big Money wants Iraq nonsense to End (tags)
"US military behaviour often seems to be choosing the worst aspects of several bad options and combining them."
Iraqis Call For Self-Rule (tags)
Iraqi notables critical of US plans to appoint a ruling council call for an interim administration.
U.S. Planners Surprised by Strength of Iraqi Shiites (tags)
U.S. Planners Surprised by Strength of Iraqi Shiites
Sheik Mohammed Al Fartusi Arrested by U.S. in Iraq (tags)
TORONTO (NFTF.org) -- Sheik Mohammed Al Fartusi, a leading Shiite cleric, was arrested yesterday by U.S. forces in Najaf, according to Arab TV network Al Jazeera
Marines not welcome in An Najaf (tags)
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Sh'ite leader assasinated in Iraq (tags)
Sh'ite leader Abdul Majid al-Khoei... a leader favored by the U.S. occupation, has been killed.
Don't fight Allies, says Ayatollah (tags)
A leading Iraqi Shiite Muslim has urged Iraqis to remain neutral and not fight the invading Allied troops.