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Regarding Nina Shea's Aug. 27 op-ed, "Iraq's Endangered Minorities":


Tue August 21, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali" and 14 others faced charges of crimes against humanity for the brutal crushing of a Shiite uprising after the 1991 Gulf War Tuesday as Iraq's third trial against former regime officials began with three of the defendants already sentenced to death in another case.

Tue Aug 21, 2007 | By Aseel Kami
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner called on Europe on Tuesday to play a bigger role in Iraq because "the Americans will not be able to get this country out of difficulty alone."

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | The Associated Press
BAGHDAD: A witness on Tuesday recalled the random shooting deaths of a teenaged girl and three other people in a square packed with detainees as Saddam Hussein's forces rounded up Shiites after a 1991 uprising against his regime after the Gulf War.

Sat Aug 18, 2007 | By Mariam Karouny
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's political leaders held "cordial but candid" talks on Saturday in an attempt to revive national reconciliation efforts and repair the fractured unity government.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 16, 2007
PM Announces New Unity Government, But No Sunnis Aboard; New Blast Hits Baghdad
(CBS/AP) The search continued Thursday in Iraq for victims of a coordinated string of bombings two nights earlier that killed at least 250, but possibly as many as 500 members of a small religious sect in northern Iraq.

Monday, Jul. 30, 2007 | By LYDIA WILSON/ARMAVIR
It's 4 a.m. and the groom is tucking into what looks like raw trout, stopping every now and then for a shot of vodka. He's 25 and a fledgling entrepreneur, flush with Russian money.

Aug. 2, 2007 | Ben Lando, UPI Energy Correspondent
WASHINGTON - The Iraqi Kurdistan oil minister says progress on a regional oil law shows "democracy at work," but final approval will be next week at the earliest.

July 26, 2007 | Featuring Soner Cagaptay, Matthew Bryza, and Alan Makovsky
On July 23, 2007, Soner Cagaptay, Matthew Bryza, and Alan Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute. Mr. Bryza is deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. Mr. Makovsky is a senior staff member with the House Committee on International Relations.