Middle East

Ballot Debate Rumbles On

Iraqis have conflicting opinions over calls for direct popular vote.

22 Feb 05

Increasing numbers of religious visitors are coming under attack as they visit shrines.

22 Feb 05

The extreme option is secession – but many Kurds say this is a bargaining ploy to get the best possible status as part of Iraq.

22 Feb 05

The attack on the two main Kurdish parties has provided impetus for resolving their differences.

22 Feb 05

Shopkeepers increasingly have to share the narrow streets with drug dealers and gamblers.

22 Feb 05

Separated for 13 years, Iraqi and Kuwaitis become reacquainted after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

22 Feb 05

Baghdad residents dismiss the pledge to win control of Iraqi cities as mere bravado.

22 Feb 05

Governorate west of Baghdad shrugs off instability and insurrection to hold peaceful ballot.

22 Feb 05

Bush and Blair's claim that war would be for the sake of the Iraqi people is belied by past experiences in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

22 Feb 05

For different reasons, the Gulf states find reasons to worry about the grand designs of both Saddam Hussein and George Bush.

22 Feb 05

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