1. Finkelstein’s fate
(Newsletter)

...Shia cleric, has come out of hiding to deliver an anti-American sermon at a local mosque in the city of Kufa, his first since last October. CONTINUE... Lebanon gets US aid for camp battle Top_ne...

2. RFK: Rove And Rove\'s Brain
(Newsletter)

... least 16 people have been killed and 38 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the southern Iraqi town of Kufa. CONTINUE... Iraq group issues death threat Top_news By Agencies    Tuesd...

3. Neo-Constitution Fiasco
(Opinions/Features)

...l Shiia party in the government, and the major force behind the present draft. As-Sader’s supporters in Kufa, Najaf, Baghdad (Sadr City), Nasiriyah, Amarah, Basra and elsewhere chanted against the new...

4. The Iraqi Shiites
(Opinions/Society)

...cal organizer of some genius. He established networks of believers loyal to him in Basra, East Baghdad, Kufa, and the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala. Although he did not have Sistani's seniority, ...

5. Iraqis march against US agreement
(Archived/News/Arab)

Thousands of Iraqis have marched in protest against an imminent US-Iraqi security agreement, saying it would turn the country into a colony of the US.

6. Baghdad raid leaves many dead
(Archived/News/Arab)

The US military says security forces have killed at least 13 fighters in fresh clashes in eastern Baghdad.

7. Al-Sadr aide killed in Najaf
(Archived/News/Arab)

Police have imposed a curfew in the Iraqi city of Najaf after a senior aide to Muqtada al-Sadr, an Shia leader, was shot dead near his home, Iraqi officials said.

8. Deaths in Iraq bomb attack
(Archived/News/Arab)

Eight people have been killed and 13 wounded in a bomb attack near a bus stop in southeastern Baghdad, police and hospital officials say.

9. Karbala under curfew after clashes
(Archived/News/Arab)

Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has ordered an indefinite curfew in Karbala, Iraqi state TV says, a day after fighting left at least 52 people dead during an annual Shia pilgrimage.

10. Iraq governor dies in bomb attack
(Archived/News/Arab)

An Iraqi governor has died in a roadside bomb attack, the second assassination of a provincial leader in nine days.