OCCUPIED ARAB WORLD (2004)

[Issue number in brackets]


(169) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Ahmed Maher feels Palestinians’ anger at Cairo’s pro-Israel role
(170) LIBYA: US secures Qaddafi’s submission as an example to other countries
(171) IRAQ: US plans still in disarray, despite supportive intervention of the UN
(171) EGYPT: The politics of presidential succession
(171) EGYPT: Mubarak’s regional mediation causing havoc for Muslims
(172) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Palestinians promise a new phase of intifada after assassination of Shaikh Ahmed Yassin
(172) IRAQ: Anger as governing council signs US-dictated constitution
(172) SYRIA: Kurdish unrest highlights internal and external problems
(172) EGYPT: Much ado about reform
(173) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: The martyrdom of Dr Abdul Aziz Rantisi shaheed
(173) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Outrage as Bush accepts Sharon’s agenda
(173) IRAQ: US’s bloody assault on Falluja merely digs them deeper into trouble
(173) IRAQ: Anger at US overcomes doubts about leadership of Muqtada al-Sadr
(174) IRAQ: US determined to protect key interests despite turning to UN to solve its problems
(174) IRAQ: Near stalemate as Muqtada al-Sadr uprising fails to take off but refuses to collapse
(174) IRAQ: US hand running of Falluja to yet another Arab military dictator
(174) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Dozens killed in Ghazzah as Israelis debate withdrawal plan
(174) SYRIA: Sanctions typical of US’s approach to Middle East
(175) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Egypt warned against becoming Israeli proxy in Ghazzah and West Bank
(175) IRAQ: For fear of a bang, US formalises ‘transfer of power’ with a whimper
(175) IRAQ: Shi’as polarised around the al-Sadr movement
(175) ARAB PENINSULA: House of Saud under threat

(176) IRAQ: No change after handover of power
(176) EGYPT: Nothing expected to change as Mubarak appoints new government
(176) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Arafat survives another challenge
(176) SYRIA: Few celebrate Bashar al-Asad’s fourth anniversary

(177) IRAQ: Massive suffering and devastation in Najaf, as US tries to break Shi’a resistance
(177)
IRAQ: Economy crippled by heavy debt and foreign hegemony
(177) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Factors behind the challenge to Yasser Arafat
(178) IRAQ: Mounting Iraqi deaths as US tries to reassert control
(178) JORDAN: Jordan responds to anti-American feeling by cracking down on Muslim Brotherhood

(179) OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Massive suffering and destruction in Ghazzah as Sharon rallies support for 'withdrawal'
(179) SYRIA: Pressure designed to force change of policy, not to threaten the Asad regime

(180) IRAQ: US destruction of Falluja fails to achieve their declared objectives
(180) IRAQ: The different faces of resistance among Iraqi Sunnis
(180) EGYPT: 'Democratic reforms' seek to entrench dynastic rule



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