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Selected Readings from World Press
Review online
International Press Briefings:
A
Multinational Force for Iraq
Comment
and analysis from Karachi, New Delhi, Mexico City, Tokyo,
Athens, Dar es Salaam, Paris, Budapest, Oslo, Sydney, Cairo,
Madrid, Bogotá, Beijing, Kathmandu, Seoul, Rome, Sofia, and
Nairobi
International
Reaction to Bush's Speech on Iraq and Terrorism
Comment
and analysis on President Bush's Sept. 7 speech on Iraq from
Paris, Munich, Toronto, Sydney, Milan, Nairobi, Moscow, Beijing,
London, Tehran, Amman, Jerusalem, São Paulo, Istanbul, Athens,
and Jakarta.
Finger-Pointing
and Stonewalling on Prewar Intelligence
Comment
and analysis from Paris, Manila, Sydney, Beijing, Budapest,
Karachi, Mexico City, Havana, and Glasgow
Weapons
of Mass Destruction, MIA
Comment and analysis from Paris, London, Oslo,
Milan, Beijing, Athens, Mexico City, Edinburgh, New Delhi,
Cairo, Bangkok, and Tehran
Mapping
a Middle East Peace
Comment
and analysis from Ramallah, Jerusalem, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Cairo,
London, Amman, Istanbul, Dubai, Oslo, Tokyo, Johannesburg,
Sydney, Casablanca, Amsterdam, and Stockholm
The
Road to Damascus
Comment
and analysis from Frankfurt, London, Tel Aviv, Beirut, Jerusalem,
Istanbul, Dubai, Riyadh, Jidda, Doha, Johannesburg, Sao Paulo,
Buenos Aires, Karachi, Oslo, Moscow, Milan, Toronto, Beijing,
Islamabad, New Delhi, and Auckland
Now
the Hard Part
Comment
and analysis from Abha, London, Moscow, Karachi, Paris, Jidda,
New Delhi, Bangkok, Frankfurt, Turin, Brussels, Jerusalem,
Rabat, Tokyo, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Damascus, Melbourne, Santiago,
and Cape Town
The
Media War
Comment and analysis from Ottawa, Chennai,
New Delhi, Doha, Sydney, London, Canberra, Tehran, Ramallah,
Beijing, Bangkok, and Jidda
Winning
the Peace
Comment
and analysis from Taipei, London, Rawalpindi, Prague, Accra,
Hong Kong, Paris, Madrid, Beirut, Islamabad, Istanbul, New
Delhi, Milan, Arhus, Kuala Lumpur, and Berlin
The
Arab Press and the War in Iraq
Extended
excerpts from nine newspapes in Baghdad, London, Jerusalem,
Amman, Muscat, and Kuwait City
The
Latin American and Canadian Press on the War in Iraq
Comment
and analysis from newspapers in Toronto, Sao Paulo, Rio de
Janeiro, Mexico City, Santiago, Panama City, Lima, and Caracas
African
Press Response to the War in Iraq
Comment
and analysis from Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, Dar es Salaam,
Nairobi, Lagos, Lusaka, Harare, Addis Ababa, and Cape Town
Asian
Press Resposne to the War in Iraq
Comment
and analysis from New Delhi, Taipei, Tokyo, Islamabad, Kuala
Lumpur, Sydney, Lucknow, Karachi, Seoul, and Dhaka
Middle
Eastern Press Coverage of the War in Iraq
Comment
and Analysis from Tel Aviv, Amman, Jerusalem, London, Kuwait
City, Casablanca, Tunis, Doha, Riyadh, and Dubai
European
Press Response to the War in Iraq
Comment
and analysis from Brussels, Tirana, London, Hamburg, Milan,
Paris, Nuremberg, Antwerp, Sofia, Budapest, Amsterdam, Warsaw,
Bucharest, and Bern
So
It Begins
Comment
and analysis from Lisbon, Manila, Kampala, Beijing, Beirut,
Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Abidjan, Tokyo, Lima, Rotterdam,
Lusaka, Cairo, Sydney, Jidda, London, Glasgow, Port of Spain,
and Bogotá
The End of Diplomacy
Views from Dubai, London, Lusaka, Tel Aviv,
Madrid, Moscow, Munich, Istanbul, Bangkok, Toronto, Doha,
Melbourne, New Delhi, Tokyo, Jidda, Bratislava, Singapore,
Kingston, Ruwi, Damascus, and Tehran
Bush,
Blair, Blix and the Battle for Baghdad
Comment and analysis from Sydney, Beijing,
New Delhi, London, Tel Aviv, Sofia, Munich, Ottawa, Toronto,
Cairo, Madrid, Karachi, and Budapest
The
World Debates War in Iraq
Comment and analysis from Tehran, Rawalpindi, London, Islamabad,
Jakarta, Baghdad, Calí, Tokyo, Manila, Beirut, Karachi,
Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney, Calgary, Bratislava, and Paris
International
Press Response to Bush's State of the Union Address
Views from Hong Kong, Madrid, Prague, Baghdad, Pyongyang,
Munich, Tokyo, Budapest, Jidda, Manila, Beirut, Sydney, New
Delhi, Toronto, Banjul, Lilongwe, Nairobi, Brisbane, Johannesburg,
and Cali
International
Press Response to the U.N. Weapons Inspectors’ Report
on Iraq
Comment and analysis from 19 newspapers in Frankfurt, Istanbul,
Cairo, Amman, Paris, London, Tehran, Jidda, Dubai, Melbourne,
Toronto, Glasgow, Singapore, Moscow, and Kingston
The
United States Moves Closer to War
Views
from Beirut, Beijing, Sydney, Bangkok, Arhus, Nairobi, Mexico
City, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Auckland, Paris, Singapore,
Glasgow, Havana, Oslo, Johannesburg, Bridgetown, and Dublin
A
Gathering Storm over Iraq
Comment
and analysis from 16 newspapers in London, Kolkata, Rome,
Cairo, Istanbul, Ankara, Lisbon, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Toronto,
Tel Aviv, Sydney, Tehran, and Ljubljana
Got
Weapons? Baghdad's Dossier
Views
from Sydney, Edinburgh, Singapore, Stockholm, Paris, Kampala,
Berlin, Dublin, Moscow, New Delhi, Bangkok, Taipei, Colombo,
Tokyo, and Havana
Inspecting
Iraq
Views from Baghdad, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, Vienna,
Amman, Tehran, Prague, and Lahore
Republican
Victories in U.S. Elections
Views from Mexico City, Singapore, Dublin, Seoul, Madrid,
Sofia, Johannesburg, Paris, and Lima
The
International Press on the New U.N. Ultimatum for Iraq
Views from Baghdad, New Delhi, Cairo, Hanoi, Brisbane, Manila,
Beijing, Tokyo, London, Singapore, Oman, Damascus, Tel Aviv,
and Amman
Arab
Press Reaction to U.S. Plans to Attack Iraq
Extended excerpts from Arab newspapers in Algiers,
Amman, Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, and London
Ultimatum
for Iraq
Views from Beirut, Warsaw, Lima, Santiago, Milan, Sofia, Jerusalem,
Tokyo, Johannesburg, Oslo, Karachi, Istanbul, London, and
New Delhi
Washington
Weighs War with Iraq
Views from Nairobi, Christchurch,
Sydney, Bridgetown, Singapore, Cairo, Mexico City, Stockholm,
Sofia, Beijing, Colombo, Karachi, Paris, Manama, Lagos, and
Sao Paulo
Oil-Supply
Jitters
President Saddam Hussein's decision to suspend Iraqi oil exports
drew a flurry of commentary from around the world. We review
comment from 11 countries.
Inside Iraq:
Interview:
Massoud Barzani
Andrea
Nüsse, Frankfurter Rundschau (liberal), Frankfurt,
Germany, Sept. 16, 2003
The
Iraqi People Hate the United Nations
Sérgio
Dávila, Folha de São Paulo (liberal), São Paulo, Brazil,
Aug. 20, 2003
Iraq,
Three Months After the War
Robert
Stefanicki, Gazeta Wyborcza (liberal), Warsaw, Poland,
July 10, 2003
Iraq:
An Audit of War
Jason
Burke, The Observer (liberal weekly), London, England,
July 6, 2003
Shooting
at the Liberators
Giuliana
Sgrena, Die Zeit (liberal weekly), Hamburg, Germany,
July 3, 2003
Justice
and Force in Postwar Iraq
Simon
Apiku, Baghdad, Iraq, June 16, 2003
Iraq:Sanctions
are Agression,Too
Malik Mansur, Al-Thawra (ruling-party
organ), Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2003
Iraq:
the End and After
David Baran, Le Monde Diplomatique (liberal
monthly), Paris, France, February 2003
'Are
they going to attack us again?'
Andrew Hammond, World Press Review correspondent,
Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2003
Iraqi
Shiites' Role in a Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq
Hussain Al-Mozany, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung (conservative), Frankfurt, German, Nov. 6, 2002.
Iraq:
No Uprising Without Outside Support
Sarkis Naoum, An-Nahar (independent),
Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 31, 2002
Stinking
Brew in Saddam City
Hans-Christian Rößler, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung (conservative), Frankfurt, Germany,
Oct. 29, 2002
A
Cruel Amnesty Charade
Mohsen Hakim, Siyasat-e Ruz (conservative),
Tehran, Iran, Oct. 24, 2002
The
View from Baghdad
Andrew Hammond, World Press Review correspondent, Baghdad,
Iraq
May 10, 2002
The International Press Debates the War:
Suicide
and Suspicions over War with Iraq
Barry Shelby and Sarah Coleman,
World Press Review, Aug. 13, 2003
Kuwait:
Majority of One
Peter Valenti, World Press Review
contributing editor, June 2003
Democracy
Without Islam
Iffat Idris Malik, Dawn (centrist),
Karachi, Pakistan, May 1, 2003
Is
the United States Walking into the Terrorists’ Trap?
Keishi Saeki, Chuo Koron
(monthly journal), Tokyo, Japan, May 2003
Australia’s
Antiwar Movement: Still Marching, but Where?
James
Morrow Sydney, Australia April 17, 2003
The Bulgarian Press on the War in Iraq
Plamen
Petrov, World Press Review correspondent Sofia, Bulgaria
April 15, 2003
Chinese Media Coverage of War in Iraq
Yin Lijuan and Xiong Lei World Press Review
correspondents Beijing, China April 9, 2003
As
War Continues, Tensions Rise in Egypt
Abdalla F. Hassan, Cairo, Egypt, March
31, 2003
Operation
Overstretch
David Ramsbotham, London Review of Books
(literary biweekly), Feb. 20-March 6, 2003
Five
Scenarios for a War in Iraq
Thanos Dokos,
To Vima (liberal weekly), Athens, Greece, Feb.
9, 2003
American
Liberals Torn
Adrian Kreye, Süddeutsche Zeitung
(centrist), Munich, Germany, Jan. 7, 2003
To Hell
in a Handcart
Guy Rundle, The Australian (centrist), Sydney, Australia,
Oct. 9, 2002
The
Push for War
Anatol Lieven, The London Review of Books
(literary biweekly), London, England, Oct. 3, 2002
Why Bush
Wants to Attack Iraq
Giridhar Stinivasan, Business Line (financial), Chennai,
India, Sept. 3, 2002
Bush
Can Fool No One
Iman Ahmad, Al-Thawrah (Internet publication
of Iraq’s ruling Baath Party), Baghdad, Iraq , Nov. 29,
2001
Ripples
Across the Middle East, Europe, and Beyond:
Interview:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad George Semaan and Ghassan
George Semaan and Sharbal, Al Hayat (pan-Arab), London,
England, Oct. 7, 2003
Turkey:
Send in the Troops
Tekla
Szymanski World Press Review associate editor, October,
2003
The
Baghdad and Jerusalem Bombings: Why? Who Benefits?
Salih al-Qallab, Al-Sharq al-Awsat
(Saudi-owned), London, England, Aug. 21, 2003
Making
the United Nations Function
Sergio Vieira de Mello, O Estado
de São Paulo (conservative), São Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 20,
2003
The
Prewar Intelligence Imbroglio
Gary Younge, The Guardian (liberal),
London, England, July. 28, 2003
The
Arab Satellite Channels and Their Political Impact After the
Iraq War
Hisham Sharabi, Al-Hayat (pan-Arab),
London, England, July 18, 2003
If
France Is a Loser, What of Africa?
Grace Bibala, The East African
(independent weekly), Nairobi, Kenya, May 19, 2003
The
Gulf After the Change
Said al-Shihabi, Al-Quds al-Arabi
(Palestinian expatriate), London, England, May 7, 2003
Islamist
Revival
Mahmud Farshidi, Resalat (conservative),
Tehran, Iran, April 24, 2003
Syria:
Political or Military Target?
Mamoun
Fandy, Al-Ahram (government-owned), Cairo, Egypt, April 18,
2003
Family
Feud
Joanna
Griffin Erikaweg, Germany April 16, 2003
Allies
in the Fourth World War
Georgi Bovt and Natalya Kornelyuk, Izvestiya
(centrist), Moscow, Russia, April 15, 2003
The
Writing on the Wall
Ayman El-Amir, Al-Ahram Weekly
(semi-official, English-language), Cairo, Egypt, April 10-16,
2003
Conversations
with Julio
Ana Bueno, El Mundo (centrist),
Madrid, Spain, April 9, 2003
Two
Iraq Wars
Vitaly Shlykov, Novoye Vremya (liberal
weekly), Moscow, Russia, April 6, 2003
Feelings
Are a Matter of Geography
Editorial, Yediot Aharonot (centrist),
Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2003
Middle East:Axis
of Paralysis
Peter C. Valenti, World Press Review
correspondent, March 13, 2003
Interview:
Libya Leader Muammar al-Qaddafi
Charles Lambroschini, Le Figaro
(conservative), Paris, France, March 11, 2003
Liberal Imperialism
Michael Lüders, Frankfurter Rundschau
(liberal), Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 2003
Chirac
for President...of the Arab League
Imad al-Din Husayn, Al-Bayan
(government-owned), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 14,
2003
Police Outnumbered
the anti war protestors
Abdalla F. Hassan Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 30, 2003
In a Country
with Two Fronts
Christiane Schlötzer, Süddeutsche
Zeitung (centrist), Munich, Germany, Jan. 7, 2003
Trial
of Endurance
Dimitar Culev, Utrinski Vesnik (pro-opposition),
Skopje, Macedonia, Dec. 31, 2002
Servile States
Ignacio Ramonet, Le Monde diplomatique
(liberal monthly), Paris, France, October 2002
The Abused
Arab Street
Wahid
Abdel-Meguid, Al-Hayat (pan-Arab), London, England,
Nov. 6, 2002
France and
the Arabs
Salama Ahmed Salama, Al-Ahram (government-owned),
Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 27, 2002
The
Blair Dossier
Sarah Coleman, World Press Review contributing editor
Oct. 3, 2002
Bushwhacked
and Bamboozled
Paul Jackson, The Calgary Sun (conservative),
Calgary, Canada, Oct. 8, 2002
Cautious
Cheers
Tekla Szymanski, World Press Review associate
editor, Sept. 20, 2002
The Logic of
Empire
George Monbiot, The Guardian (liberal),
London, England, Aug. 6, 2002
Power Won't
Lead to Victory
Jean-Claude Casanova, Le Monde (liberal),
Paris, France, July 30, 2002
Is Iraq Our Enemy?
Randy David, The Philippine Daily Inquirer
(independent), Manila, Philippines, Jan. 11, 2003.
War or
Peace?
Seyyed Mustafa Tajzadeh, Ryoodad (online,
reformist), Tehran, Iran
A Question
of Time
Al-Quds al-Arabi (Palestinian expatriate),
London, England , Nov. 19, 2001
Attack Anxiety
Joel
Campagna Contributing Editor World
Press Review (VOL.
49, No. 2) February 2002
Oil:
OPEC and
the Chance of War
Randa Taqi al-Din, Al-Hayat (pan-Arab),
London, England, Dec. 11, 2002
The sensitive side of Saddam Hussein:
Iraqi
Critics Praise President's Second Novel
Ali Abd al-Amir, Al-Hayat (pan-Arab),
London, England, March 3, 2002
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Documents and Reports
Members
of the Iraqi Governing Council
Researched and compiled by the staff at The Middle East
(Arab-oriented), London, England, August-September 2003
U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell Statement to the U.N. Security
Council (February 2003)
Iraq: Failing to Disarm U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's
presentation to the U.N. Security Council (February
2003) (.pdf)
Iraq - Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation
(.pdf) The report was later discovered to have
been in large part plagiarized from open sources.
IAEA report for the Security Council Pursuant to Resolution
1441 (January 2003)
U.S.
President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address (January
2003)
Resolution 1441 (November 2002)
(.pdf)
Iraq
Resolution 1441 acceptance letter (November
2002) (.pdf)
The
Prime Minister Tony Blair's Dossier (September
2002) (.pdf)
Reply of the Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Blair’s
dossier
President George W. Bush Address to the United Nations General
Assembly (September 2002)
U.S.
President George W. Bush's State of Union Address (January
2002)
U.N. Security Council Resolutions and Sanctions on Iraq (1990-2002)
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