Violence in Iraq has been reduced, as Western generals and politicians are keen to point out, but it has not gone away. If anything, it has become more deeply ingrained. The kidnapping and murder of Muntadher al-Mussewi shows how political violence has...

Many people around the world have been cursed with cringe-inducing names (as this BBC story proves). Some, however, are more unfortunate than others. On last week’s edition of Radio Free Iraq’s weekly call-in show, “Open...

When my colleague and I sat down last April with Hamid, an Iraqi man from Baghdad, his trauma-induced stutter said as much as the words he spoke. Huddled inconspicuously in a dingy restaurant, Hamid recounted how militia members killed his partner along...

The first bombing took place Saturday night at St. Joseph’s church in western Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry official. Two bombs placed inside the church exploded at about 10 p.m. No one was in the church at the time of the...

At least 34 people have been killed by a large car bomb in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. Another 72 people were injured by the explosion from a parked car in the north-west of the city. The attack happened near a popular restaurant in Shula,...

Jacques Barrot is the European Commissioner for Justice. In an interview at Café Babel [in French] he gives some revealing answers which indicate that the European suicide is underway. He calls immigration an economic and moral necessity, adding that...

A powerful excerpt from ‘Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan’ lays bare the racism at the core of the Iraq occupation.

A spate of bombs have gone off in cities across Iraq killing more than 60 people. In Diyala, 60km north of Baghdad, province a car bomb exploded near a crowd of people outside a courthouse killing at least 40 people and wounding 80

In a statement Mr Sadr said “I have no enemy but you. You are the occupier,” adding “Which political process do you want to involve me in when you are occupying my land?”

A young Iraqi translator, wounded in battle and fearing death, asked an American commander to bury his heart in America. Iraqi special forces units took to the streets to track down terrorists who killed American soldiers. The U.S. military is the most...