VOL. XLVI

No 12

24-March-2003

The Political Scene (24 March 2003)

After signally failing to obtain Security Council backing for the use of force, the US issued an ultimatum of its own to Iraqi President Saddam Husain and opened hostilities with an attempt to kill the Iraqi leader on 20 March. Turkey has belatedly and reluctantly (and perhaps conditionally) opened its airspace to the Americans. President Bush, for whatever reasons, has suddenly rediscovered an interest in the quartets road map to...