Al-Ahram Weekly Online   31 July - 6 August 2003
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More than a 'problem'
The apartheid wall is contributing to the slow death of the roadmap, reports Khaled Amayreh from Hebron

Selective accountability
The Syria Accountability Act under debate in Washington is a model of American bullying tactics, writes Imad Fawzi Shuebi from Damascus

Roadmap timeline
23 July: Despite assurances by Palestinian resistance groups that they have been given guarantees not to be disarmed, a top Palestinian security official warns that Hamas and Islamic Jihad cannot remain armed if there is progress in the peace process...

Bodybags after the war
American casualties have become a daily occurrence in post-war Iraq. Anayat Durrani reports from Washington

Clampdown widens
Saudi Arabia's crackdown on suspected terrorists moved into the Kingdom's religious heartland last week, reports John R Bradley in Jeddah

Missing pages decried as malicious
Saudi diplomats insist claims of the kingdom's culpability in the 9/11 terror attacks are both "malicious and blatantly false". Khaled Dawoud , in Washington and John R Bradley, in Jeddah, report

Time for change
Cairo spelt out an ambitious plan to reform the Arab League. Nevine Khalil and Soha Abdelaty leaf through the proposal

Gearing up for reform
Egypt is joining hands with Arab countries to reform the Arab League Dina Ezzat reports

Flexibility behind the rhetoric
Israel downplayed threats by Hizbullah to take more soldiers hostage if Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons are not released. Mohalhel Fakih reports from Beirut

Targeting Haram Al-Sharif
Provocative visits by non-Muslims aid Sharon in quietly destroying the roadmap, writes Jonathan Cook in Jerusalem

Winning the peace
Despite the killing of Saddam Hussein's sons last week in Mosul, US attempts to pacify and rebuild Iraq are floundering. Jihan El-Alaily reports from Baghdad

The real point
The US says the release of photos and video footage of the bodies of Uday and Qusay is consistent with the Geneva Conventions; Arabs are saying they are in violation, Rasha Saad reports

Joker's wild
Did the US exploit fears about Al-Qa'eda to rally the nation around an invasion of Iraq? Nyier Abdou revisits one of the key building blocks of the Bush administration's case for war

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