Tuesday, August 12th, 2003
AN OVERVIEW OF IRAQI SHIITES
From the Christian Science Monitor. Soft-pedals the Sadrists but basically a good summary.
Archive for August, 2003
Tuesday, August 12th, 2003
IRAQ’S LIBERATION AFFECTING IRANIAN RELIGIOUS POLITICS
JB at Riting on the Wall has blogged extensively on this topic as have I to a lesser degree. The end of Sunni Baathist dominion over Iraqi Shiites and the freedom fostered by the American occupation is allowing the schools of Iraq’s holy cities to reemerge to contend with Qom for religious authority. This has significant implications for Iran’s hardline rulers because ” Supreme Guide” Khameini does not command the same personal respect among Shiism’s Grand Ayatollahs as did his predecessor Ayatollah Khomeini while Khameini’s authority rests only on Khomeini’s quite radical doctrines, heavily supplemented by Pasdaran thuggery.
Saturday, August 9th, 2003
65 % OF LIKELY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS THINK BUSH WILL WIN RE-ELECTION
From Zogby.
No wonder they’re so mad over on Calpundit’s comment boards.
Saturday, August 9th, 2003
ILLEGAL COMBATANTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
A heavily footnoted paper from The Federalist Society.
Saturday, August 9th, 2003
RUSH BASHES ARNOLD, REASON MAGAZINE AND SULLIVAN CHEER
Reason on Schwarzenegger
