Crisis

In late March and through April 2004, a dual crisis erupted in Najaf, where the followers of the young cleric Muqtada al-Sadr retrenched, and in Falluja, where Sunni Islamic radicals took over the city.

Some op-ed contributions in the past year should help assess the crisis. The following section focuses on Muqtada Sadr and the price of delaying justice

- On Paul Wolfowitz, June 17, 2004
- What to do in Iraq, Reason interview, by Tim Cavanaugh, June 8, 2004
- To Hoshyar Zebari, on UN SCR, June 3, 2004
- La résignation d'Adnan Pachachi, June 2, 2004
- Again, deploy human rights monitors, May 21, 2004
- Again, send human rights monitors to Iraq, May 13, 2004
- On Abu Ghreib, May 12 and 13, 2004, comments, Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Star
- Commentary from Australia, April 16, 2004
- Interview, on the Najaf crisis, April 14, 2004
- On AbdalMajid al-Khu'i's assassination, 15 August 2003
- On Khu'i's assassination, 23 April 2003