Clockwise from top: Haddad drew a cartoon in Al-Hayat showing how the Arabs expect US State Secretary Colin Powell's visit to the region to combine a pedantic attitude with force; in Al-Quds, Haggag showed the Iraqi people held at gun-point by the US with a sign reading "freedom on the way: please wait"; Al-Ahali's Raouf depicted Uncle Sam carrying his own version of the roadmap with an itinerary of 'interventions' in Syria, Iran, Sudan, etc

"The Iraqis do not want a foreigner to rule them, especially when they see the Americans exporting their oil, while they go hungry"
Iraqi businessman Hassan Abdel-Wahab speaking to the Kuwait daily newspaper Al-Qabas