Al-Ahram Weekly

Routine blundering?
Joint US-British airstrikes against Iraq reveal how the new US administration plans to deal with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Yet the raids can hardly be a viable long-term policy to end the Iraqi quagmire, writes Salah Hemeid

War drums herald Powell tour
The US airstrikes against Baghdad were the worst possible prelude to Colin Powell's first tour of the volatile region as US Secretary of State, Hoda Tawfiq writes from Washington

Pounding Arab expectations
A message to Baghdad, or to Cairo, Damascus and Riyadh? Dina Ezzat looks into Arab reactions to Friday's US-British bombing of the Iraqi capital

Bolstering presidential power
Yemen's first local council elections took place this week amid accusations that President Saleh's ruling party is tightening its grip on power, Nasser Arrabyee reports from Sanaa

Unity at all costs
There will be a new government in Israel -- and an old Middle East. Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem

Tipping the balance?
Lebanese backing of last week's Hizbullah attack against Israeli soldiers sent a clear message to newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, writes Zeina Abu Rizk in a report from Beirut

Killing frenzy
Israel's deliberate policy of assassinating leading Palestinian activists can lead only to an escalation of revenge attacks, Khaled Amayreh reports from Hebron

Bahrain opts for democracy
Murderers and victims
Crossing Syria's red line

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 22 - 28 February 2001 Issue No.522
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