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Protesters Across the Nation Try to “Stop Business as Usual”

Kate Zernike March 21, 2003
The day after bombing began in Iraq, thousands of American anti-war protesters took to the streets, walking out of classes and work, shutting down roads, and congregating on open spaces to proclaim their opposition to the US-led war in Iraq. Honoring the promise to “stop business as usual,” protesters confronted pro-war rallies and police in cities across the US. Even as arrests were made all...

The World Reacts

March 20, 2003
Leaders all over the world have begun responding to the new Gulf War after the US-led coalition attacked Iraq. Reactions range from strong objections to active support and indicate a divided international community at the onset of the conflict. – YaleGlobal

Hussein Was Target of Bombing

Walter Pincus March 20, 2003
Worldwide anti-war protests could soon become moot, if Saddam Hussein was indeed taken out on the first strikes on Baghdad. According to the Washington Post, US intelligence officials believe that Saddam Hussein was still inside a compound struck by bombs yesterday. Whether he was injured or killed, no one is certain, but intercepted communications indicated that medical personnel were called to...

Iraq War: Big Tasks and Narrow Window

March 20, 2003
The coming war in Iraq will be complicated by the absence of a UN mandate, forcing the US military to take over administering the country. The pressure of the American electoral calendar may also prevent the Iraq war from opening a door to a Middle East peace settlement. In an interview in London with YaleGlobal Online editor Nayan Chanda, the Director of the International Institute for...

Iraq Rift Could Threaten US-EU, Global Economy

March 19, 2003
A new study out from an American university says that the EU-US rift over military action in Iraq could do great damage to the cause of global free trade. "The US and the Europeans have to collaborate and lead the way, or else there's really no other real incentive for other countries to put things on the table" in global trade talks, said the author of the study. He also warned...

War in the Ruins of Diplomacy

March 18, 2003
The morning after US President George W. Bush issued an ultimatum for Saddam Hussein and his family to leave Iraq or face war, this editorial in The New York Times argues that the Bush administration has brought the US to the brink of war with Iraq by its own failings. It says that the US "now stands at a decisive turning point, not just in regard to the Iraq crisis, but in how it means to...

From Mars to Venus Via the Atlantic

Lionel Barber March 16, 2003
Although a US-led war against Iraq has not yet begun, the damage it has produced is already painfully visible. The NATO alliance suffered some of these wounds. The Financial Times' Lionel Barber argues that many leaders of the alliance are either courting the pacifists, or steadfastly asserting power, thus engendering divisions and magnifying differences. However, amidst talk of building a...