Middle East
Awaiting the Worst
Kurds are expecting the quiet of recent days to be broken by the opening of the northern front.
Drawing the Enemy to Baghdad
Saddam Hussein is seeking to pull American and British forces into guerrilla warfare and street-to-street fighting.
Silencing Saddam
Iraqis looking for signs of a collapsing regime wonder why the Americans have yet to stop the government television.
Airing the Truth
Networks' decisions to censor gruesome images of war may violate their legal duties to inform.
The Battle for Basra
The people of Basra oppose the regime but they will not rise up until they are certain Saddam Hussein is falling.
Taking it in Their Stride
War is drawing ever closer, but for the moment the main concern in Iraqi Kurdistan is clouds.
America's Moslem Miscalculation
The war is creating a major realignment within the Islamic world, with even moderate Moslems calling for jihad against the US.
An Arab Awakening, at Last?
The Iraq and Palestine conflicts are converging, and the Arab street is stirring.