IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
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)
Capital's residents provide shelter for people fleeing Fallujah fighting.
Iraqis may have been liberated from Saddam Hussein, but they are not yet free of the punishing debt he left behind.
Religious groups are exploiting the power vacuum, raising the risk that Shia radicals could set the agenda in southern Iraq.
The dangers which the siege of Fallujah created for road travel have been reduced, but travellers from Baghdad to the western border are still prey to bandits and corrupt customs men.
Sensing no change in their status under the new government, Kurdish leaders suggest their entity may break away.
A boy who dreamed of life as a Kurdish warrior is now a man, and seeks an end to Iraq’s incessant wars.