A brief window of triumphalism
Just as the sporadic pockets of celebration at Saddam's defeat have been swiftly replaced with anger in Baghdad, so the mood in the corridors of Westminster has also noticeably darkened, writes Alexander Alistair in London

Iraq memories
Felicity Arbuthnot writes on her memory of every building in Baghdad that falls, crushed and broken to the ground

Week's events
The UN boosted its aid deliveries to Iraq, bringing 100 trucks of food from Turkey and opening up a new supply route via Jordan...

Ya Hussein
Iraq's Shi'a population are shaping up to be a force to be reckoned with. Omayma Abdel-Latif looks at the complicated relationship between the occupation forces and Iraq's majority sect

What collective Arab order?
Arab leaders are still unable to form a joint position with respect to Iraq, reports Dina Ezzat

'Cultural catastrophe' hits Iraq
International experts meeting at UNESCO last week deplored the looting of Iraq's cultural heritage in the wake of the US-led invasion, calling upon the occupying forces immediately to secure Iraqi sites and institutions, reports David Tresilian from Paris

Far-flung fallout
The Iraq war has had a profound impact on Latin America. However, it remains to be seen whether the fallout will be as harmful as some fear, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires

Beyond oil
The way the US decides to structure Iraq's economy will be decisive to the evolution of its political economy, John Sfakianakis writes

The day after
Fallout from the US occupation of Iraq and the imperative to "democratise" continued to dominate the Arab press this week, finds Amina Elbendary

By our own hands
The national press this week criticised the continued US presence in Iraq, while the independent and opposition papers highlighted new arrests of anti-war activists, writes Aziza Sami