With us or against us
In America the "war against terror" sanctions some surprising alliances but covers a multitude of sins, writes Thomas Gorguissian from Washington

Dissenting voices
Many Americans are having second thoughts about the war hysteria gripping the US, writes Jihan Alaily from Washington

Time for SAS?
The hostile terrain of Afghanistan has confounded superpowers galore. Jasper Thornton investigates the military options available to the powers and discovers that special forces are likely to play a big role

'Afghanistan can never be destroyed'
A former head of Pakistan's intelligence service tells Khaled Dawoud that a US attack against Afghanistan would result in an even bigger calamity

Passionate pedagogy
Khaled Dawoud visits the school that gave birth to the Taliban

Bin Laden's right-hand man
Wherever Osama Bin Laden is hiding in Afghanistan, his closest associate, the leader of Egypt's Jihad group, Ayman El-Zawaheri, is probably with him. Khaled Dawoud takes a closer at the man dubbed by the US as its "second most wanted" suspect

Playing the war of civilisations
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, has slurred Muslims in a recent press conference. But is he an ignorant "provincial," or a masterly opportunist? Samia Nkrumah, in Rome, writes

Blood money
In its pursuit of the "money trail" of the terrorists, the US risks sacrificing civil liberties on the altar of the battle against terrorism, Omayma Abdel-Latif reports

Over the top
Draconian security measures under consideration in Congress suggest that a war on terror means more than coalition building and military might. Nyier Abdou finds the price of civil liberty could become cheap in shell-shocked America

Plastering over the past
As it bids to hunt down the terrorists, the US is reassessing its relations with Sudan. Gamal Nkrumah writes

Not in a rush
Lebanon pledged to join the battle against terrorism but was in no hurry to implement the measures urged by the recent Security Council resolution in this regard. Zeina Abou Rizk reports from Beirut

All the expedient moves
Jordan, the target of numerous plots during the last decade alleged to have been hatched by Osama Bin Laden's followers, has thrown its weight behind the US war against terrorism. Al-Ahram Weekly's special corespondent in Amman reports

'Think before you bomb'
As the junior Bush has discovered, winning support from the Gulf Arab front for a regional "war" is not going to be as easy as it was for his father, Michael Jansen writes

It's up to us
Things will get worse before they get better, writes Mohamed Hakki

Bitter harvest
Afraid yet? Gamil Mattar believes more is in store

At the grand bazaar
When selling off principles, Mohamed Al-Azaar advises, no price is too high

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