VOL. XLVI

No 34

25-August-2003

The Political Scene (25 August 2003)

The suicide truck bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad has dealt a psychological blow to the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in Iraq and has given weight to suggestions that non-Iraqi hands might be detectable in some recent acts of violence. The US is increasing the pressure on Syria to prevent terrorists crossing into Iraq. And the Middle East peace process is in jeopardy again after a suicide bombing in...