Justice the Day After
Long-standing efforts to bring the Iraqi leadership to justice have failed, leaving the strategy for dealing with any deposed rulers unclear.
Long-standing efforts to bring the Iraqi leadership to justice have failed, leaving the strategy for dealing with any deposed rulers unclear.
Although fighting continues, Saddam Hussein may fall from power without invoking his long-standing threat of a final disaster.
Shias have special reason to celebrate the downfall of Saddam, but will remain loyal to a sovereign Iraq as long as their basic rights are respected.
An exile remembers a childhood in Iraq, and the fear that followed his family well beyond the country's borders.
Kurdish advances into key oil cities have raised alarms in Ankara over a possible Kurdish political entity in Iraq.
The killing of Abdul Majid in Najaf is a devastating blow to the hopes of Shias, and all Iraqis, to build a new and moderate society.
By Yildirim Turker in Istanbul (ICR No. 15, 17-April-03)
By Jamal Heidar in London (ICR No. 15, 17-April-03)
By Samir Rebeiz in Beirut (ICR No. 15, 17-April-03)
By Julie Flint in Beirut (ICR No. 15, 17-April-03)