Middle East

Fallujah's Front Line

IWPR reporters fend off charges of espionage and collaboration to speak to the insurgents facing down the Americans.

22 Feb 05

Looking for General Khazraji

A former Iraqi chief of staff goes missing from Denmark, fuelling speculation that he is working with the US.

22 Feb 05

Freeing Iraq from Debt

Iraqis may have been liberated from Saddam Hussein, but they are not yet free of the punishing debt he left behind.

22 Feb 05

Shias Extend Control

Religious groups are exploiting the power vacuum, raising the risk that Shia radicals could set the agenda in southern Iraq.

22 Feb 05

Stirrings in Egypt

The fall of Saddam Hussein has opened debate over "regime change" in other Arab countries.

22 Feb 05

America's Dubious Ally

The White House is flirting with an armed Iranian organisation on its own "terrorist" blacklist.

22 Feb 05

Repairing US-Arab Relations

Journalists, businessmen and academics have a duty to reduce the dangerous gap between America's stated intentions in the Middle East and the Arab world's growing animosity.

22 Feb 05

Return of a Cleric

The eldest son of Sayyed Bahr al-Uluum observes the senior clergyman’s return to the holy city of Najaf, ending more than three decades of forced exile.

22 Feb 05

Iraqis Move to Stem Looting

Volunteer organizations are emerging to clamp down on local theft and violence, filling the security vacuum left by American troops.

22 Feb 05
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