New Deal on Iraqi constitution entices Sunnis

A new deal reached yesterday will make the new Iraqi constitution temporary if it is approved by Iraqi voters in the Oct 16 referendum. CNN and BBC have some details on the agreement. The new deal is currently being presented to the Iraqi Parliament for approval but assuming it passes, it will mean that at …

Bush tells Palestinians: God told me to.

From Israeli paper Haaretz (cheers MyBlahg) According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: “God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I …

Britain: Iran “provided the technology” to kill British troops in Basra

In what might or might not be an escalation of rhetoric between the current occupying forces in Iraq and Iran, British officials today accused Iranian Revolutionary Guards of supplying material to Iraqi insurgents in Southern Iraq… material that was then used to build the bomb that recently killed a number of UK soldiers. From the …