Ensnaring Saddam
Washington's determination to get rid of the current Iraqi regime is the result of a piece of crude, and not very convincing, cost-benefit analysis, argues Ayman El-Amir*

Getting others involved
As President Bush presents his new plan, Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the prospects of widening the debate at a meeting held this week at Chatham House

The fence at the heart of Palestine
Israel wants to do more than keep the suicide bombers out, writes Ilan Pappe. It wants to erase the Palestinian nation once and for all

Editorial
Views from the front

Close up
Facing up to unpleasant facts
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Selective reform
By Abdel-Qader Yassin

The quill
By Naguib Mahfouz

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