VOL. XLV

No 37

16-September-2002

ThePolitical Scene

President George Bushhas made the American case against Iraq in front of the UNGeneral Assembly, and his recourse to the UN has been welcomed internationally,although he left the door open for unilateral US action. With allattention focused on the US and Iraq, Israeli PrimeMinister Ariel Sharons jubilant declaration that the Oslo agreements (and withthem the peace process) are dead and buried seems to have passed virtually unnoticed.The...