America's Iraq

Summer 2003

Middle East Report 227 examines some of the real-world obstacles blocking realization of the expansive US vision for Iraq and the region.

Starter

From the Editor (Summer 2003)

The Editors

Up Front

Basic Needs vs. Swimming Pools

Alwyn Rouyer

Up Front

Western Saharan Deadlock

Karima Benabdallah-Gambier and Yahia Zoubir

Articles

The Worldly Roots of Religiosity in Post-Saddam Iraq

Faleh A. Jabar

Articles

World Oil Markets and the Invasion of Iraq

Raad Alkadiri and Fareed Mohamedi

Articles

Iraq Reconstruction Tracker

Adam Horowitz, Elizabeth Rosenberg, and Anthony Alessandrini

Articles

The US Military

(Author not identified)

Articles

Of Graves and Grievances

Sinan Antoon

Special Reports

High Stakes for Iran

Kaveh Ehsani

Special Reports

Voices from Turkey's Southeast

Marcie J Patton

Reviews

Baghdad Diaries, Then and Now

Salah Hassan

Reviews

Editor's Picks (Summer 2003)

(Author not identified)

Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

America's Iraq

Summer 2003

Table of Contents

From the Editor (Summer 2003)

Basic Needs vs. Swimming Pools

Western Saharan Deadlock

The Worldly Roots of Religiosity in Post-Saddam Iraq

World Oil Markets and the Invasion of Iraq

Iraq Reconstruction Tracker

The US Military

Of Graves and Grievances

High Stakes for Iran

Voices from Turkey's Southeast

Baghdad Diaries, Then and Now

Editor's Picks (Summer 2003)