VOL. XLVI

No 21

26-May-2003

The Political Scene (26 May 2003)

The US has received an open-ended mandate from the UN to rule Iraq, while on the ground the Americans have been making it clear that they do not expect any Iraqi contribution to running the country for some time to come. Back home, Senator Robert Byrd has voiced a lone, but eloquent, protest against the course on which the US is now embarked. Following a spate of suicide bombings, Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has postponed a...