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In the last year, Iraqis successfully elected a transitional government and overwhelmingly approved a new constitution....

Initial positive reviews of the U.S. plan to transfer power to an autonomous Iraqi government on June 30, 2004, have soured as demands for direct elections have escalated in recent weeks. Amid a series of surprising developments, including the prospect of Kurdish autonomy, questions have...

Iraq in Transition is one of the better post-Iraq war overviews, a well-written summary of developments after coalition forces occupied Baghdad.

The reports detailing the alleged perfidy of Ahmad Chalabi reveal Washington as a faithless friend and its agencies as more concerned with carrying out vendettas.

It is widely understood in the West that economic and political freedoms are inseparable, that the nurturing of these principles are the true foundations of stability and wealth for a nation. Many in the Middle East, however, have argued that their national economies are obstructed not because they are...

Iraqi judge Zuhair al-Maliky has issued arrest warrants for Ahmad and Salem Chalabi; hisactions have less to do with imposing justice than obstructing it.

Washington may run the Green Zone in Iraq, but, for Ahmad Chalabi, it is the rest of the country that matters.