Hard-liners won battle for Bridgeview mosque
Sheik Jamal Said stood before the packed mosque and worked the crowd like an auctioneer. Speaking Arabic, the prayer leader asked for a donation of $10,000. No one responded. He...
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Struggle for the soul of Islam
Sheik Jamal Said stood before the packed mosque and worked the crowd like an auctioneer. Speaking Arabic, the prayer leader asked for a donation of $10,000. No one responded. He...
Baathist purge formalized
After much delay and debate, Iraq's Governing Council unveiled a set of guidelines Sunday for purging the country of former high-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Ahmad Chalabi, a...
Ex-general warns of purge fallout
Hosin Jasem Mohamed al-Jbouri, a paunchy, middle-aged man with an ink-black mustache, had a good life and highly respectable job when Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq. He still does. A general...
Car bomb flattens Iraq club
A car packed with high explosives ripped through a popular Baghdad restaurant filled with New Year's Eve revelers Wednesday night, killing five people, all Iraqis. Thirty-five others were wounded, including...
Wisecrack leads to years as a pariah
It has been so long since Kanan Jalal Ibrahim heard the joke that he has forgotten it. He thinks for a minute, scratches his short, well-trimmed beard and apologizes. It...
Grocery walkouts have broad reach
They are striking in Southern California, West Virginia and Kentucky. Strike talk also is heating up in Chicago, Indiana and Arizona. The United Food and Commercial Workers union has faced...
Trash begins to build up
As a widespread strike by trash haulers entered its second day, residents and businesses on Thursday scrambled for solutions to cut down on a growing mound of garbage that threatened...
Garbage, worries begin to build up
As a widespread strike by trash haulers entered its second day, residents and businesses on Thursday scrambled for solutions to cut down on a growing mound of garbage that threatened...
Swift victory sends shock wave across Middle East
The news spread quickly by word of mouth Wednesday on the clogged side streets of Cairo where Ramzy Shaaban parked his cab: Saddam Hussein had lost control of Baghdad after...