Abeer Mohammed, Neil Arun, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. March 2, 2009. Iraq's election commission has taken center-stage in a battle over ballot-rigging allegations.
Zaineb Naji, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. February 12, 2009. Secularists’ promises of security, services and unity resonated with voters tired of overtly faith-based parties.
Deborah Haynes, The Times of London UK. February 4, 2009. Samira Ahmed Jassim claims to have arranged the rapes of her recruits, then persuaded them to blow themselves up.
Middle East OnlineJanuary 9, 2009. With more than 400 political groups and 14,660 candidates bidding for election, security is expected to prove immensely complicated.
Kadhem Ali, Azzaman. September 15, 2008. Contaminated water is believed to be the main cause of the spread of the deadly disease, which is estimated to have killed up to 1,000 people.
Ahmed Ali, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. August 27, 2008. A military operation that was said to target al-Qaeda has instead targeted Sunni Muslims, creating new sectarian tensions.
Juan Cole, Informed Comment AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. John McCain thinks that Iraq borders Pakistan while the troop agreement misses deadline and Mosul, Diyala, and Fallujah experience violence.
Dahr Jamail, Ahmed Ali, IPS News. June 2, 2008. Iraqis who say they have seen dead bodies floating in rivers have good reason not to believe official figures of the war's death toll.
