Djelloul Marbrook

Negotiating an Iraqi ceasefire in Iran(!)

For six days the new American-trained Iraqi army was unable to wrest control of the southern oil port of Basra from Moktada al Sadr’s Shi’ite militia. Then Mr. Sadr suspended the battle and demanded concessions.
That’s the news. We’ve all heard it. But something is buried in the news that calls into question all the claims [...]

Stroller Nazis

Iraq: sleeping press, tricky pols

Is the moon what we got?

Of The Wire, heydays and new days

Until the very last moment

Sunday morning complacencies

Squalls of hypocrisy buffet Jeremiah Wright

The twilight of the largemouth ass?

Twisting the word