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src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/images/iraq-header-3.gif" width="287" border="0"><br> </font><font color="#000000"><font><font size="2"> <br><font color="#ff0000"><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED11Ak07.html "><strong>Berlin, 1989; Baghdad, 2003. What next?</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">After the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in 1989, it took just under a year for the former East Germany to be formally integrated into West Germany. Similarly now in Iraq, speed is of the essence in setting up an even-handed new civilian authority to forestall internecine civilian conflict. - <b>Marc Erikson</b></font><br><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED11Ak05.html "><strong>Putting the pieces together again</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">Now that Saddam Hussein's regime has fallen, it's time to pick up the pieces in Iraq and put them together again. But this will be easier said than done, not only because of the divisions that exist within Iraq itself, but because of the differences that exist within the Bush administration over how to go about fixing things. - <b>Jim Lobe</b>    </font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000">   <img hspace="0" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED11Ak04.html ">The general waits in the wings</a><font color="#000000"> <br> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED11Ak03.html"><strong>Alarm bells for India, Pakistan</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">The Pentagon has a group of people, some close to Israel, who are determined to put an end to jihadi terrorism, without worrying about the diplomatic niceties nor the likely damage to the US image in the eyes of the international community. This group is likely to emerge stronger after the Iraq operation. India and Pakistan take note. - </font><b><font color="#000000">B Raman <br></font></b><br><font color="#000000">   <img hspace="0" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED11Ak02.html">Syria puts its foot down</a><br><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/ED11Df04.html"><strong>India: Don't fight with the crocodile</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">Twenty days into the war in Iraq, the Indian parliament finally managed came up with a resolution on the United States-led action. And even then, the result was a compromise, reflecting the deep divisions within a country split between those who see wonderful opportunities in a new world order sans the United Nations, and those who prefer the way things are. - <b>Sultan Shahin<br></b></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/ED11Ag02.html "><strong>The forgotten first stop in the 'war on terror'</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">While the US prepares to finish its war in Iraq and shift to a mode of occupation and reconstruction, it is crucial that it does not do so at the cost of its ongoing operations in Afghanistan. Recent rocket attacks and rumors of a new coalition of rebel groups including the deposed Taliban require a shift in thinking before this new alliance takes advantage of widespread Pashtun discontent for its own ends.<br> </font><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/ED11Ag01.html"><strong>Pardon my French, Russians anti-American?</strong></a><font color="#000000"> <br>The Russia media, with Kremlin consent and direction, have capitalized on public distaste for the war in Iraq to turn anti-Americanism into a popular cottage industry. But, as the Russians might tell you while munching a hamburger under the Golden Arches, to be anti-American is really to be pro-Russian - whatever that means. <b>- Peter Lavelle</b></font><br> <img height="5" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"><br></p> <hr color="coral"> <br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ED11Ae01.html "><strong>SARS suspects: The new outcasts</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">From flight crews to doctors, relatives of victims to those who cough in public, severe acute respiratory syndrome has created a new caste of pariahs in East Asia. Public awareness is important, discrimination against those feared to be infected by the illness will only worsen a bad situation.</font><br><br><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/bestofbe4[2].gif" border="0"><br><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED10Ak05.html"><strong>Silenced in the name of freedom</strong></a><br><img align="left" border="0" hspace="3" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/ayyoub2.gif" vspace="3"><font color="#000000">He looked ridiculous in a military hardhat. Too bad, because Tariq Ayyoub, killed Tuesday in a US missile attack on his al-Jazeera office in Baghdad, was a fighter who embodied the principles of free speech. He was also <strong>Paul Belden's</strong> friend. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Apr 9, '03)</font> </font><br><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/ED10Ag02.html "><strong>US-Russia: A little chat, in secret<br></strong></a><font color="#000000">On Monday US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice suddenly appeared in Moscow for an almost top-secret visit. No press conferences. No statements. This is the atmosphere in which Washington and Moscow have started mending fences badly damaged by the war in Iraq. <strong>- Pavel Ivanov </strong></font><font color="#999999" size="1">(Apr 9, '03)</font><br><font color="#000000"><br></font><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED10Ak03.html"><strong>A Muslim evolution, not revolution</strong></a><br><font color="#000000"> A widespread Muslim uprising against the US-led war on Iraq has not materialized, despite the predictions of many. However, a noted Muslim tells <b>Syed Saleem Shahzad</b> that this should not be interpreted to mean that things can ever be the same again for the US in the Arab world. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Apr 9, '03)</font> <br> </font><br><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ED10Ae02.html"><strong><font size="2">Nobody's buying Malaysia's silence</font></strong></a><br><font color="#000000"><font size="2">While neighboring countries, including tiny Singapore, have reported numerous cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, Malaysia has amazingly recorded only one. This has been accomplished not by superior prevention methods or even sheer luck, but by playing with statistics and pressing the media to be "cooperative" and preserve the country's image. </font><font size="2"><strong>- Jiang Yu-hang </strong></font></font><font color="#999999" size="1">(Apr 9, '03)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" width="210"> <table id="Table5" style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 600px" height="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="212" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><font color="#000000" size="2"></font> <table id="Table6" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table id="Table7" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td> <table class="" id="Table14" style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 208px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="212" border="3"> <tr> <td class="" valign="top" bordercolor="orangered" align="left" bgcolor="gainsboro" height="0"><strong><font color="#ff0000" size="2"><img align="right" border="0" hspace="0" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/images/Iraq-ref.gif">REFERENCE<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/front_page/Ec21Aa01.html"></a><br> DESK</font></strong><font color="#ff00ff"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/front_page/Ec21Aa01.html"></a>  <font size="2"></font> <br> </strong></font><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><u><font color="#003399"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC22Ak02.html"><font size="2">All the war action</font></a><br> <font size="2"><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/front_page/Ec21Aa01.html"><font size="2">Maps</font></a></font></u> <br> <br> <font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="red">ALL THE WAR ACTION <br> </font></strong></font><font color="#000000"><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC22Ak02.html " target="_blank"> <font color="#ff0000"><strong><img align="left" border="0" hspace="3" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/target-thumb.gif" vspace="3"></strong></font></a>ATol keeps abreast of events in Iraq in graphic detail.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC22Ak02.html">Click here</a> for our interactive map.</font></font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="4"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img height="5" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/others/newsletter.htm"><img src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/email-version-2.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#000000" size="2"></font></td> </tr> </table> <img height="5" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"><br> <table id="Table9" style="WIDTH: 211px; HEIGHT: 502px" bordercolor="#ff9900" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="211" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="middle" width="206" bgcolor="#fdf0c6"> <div align="center"><font size="2"></font></div> <table id="Table10" style="WIDTH: 201px; HEIGHT: 285px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="201" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="middle"><font color="#000000"><img height="5" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="1"><img height="1" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/images/1pix.gif" width="1"><br> <img alt="" src="/web/20030411005203im_/http://www.atimes.com/images/f_images/asia_businessN.gif"></font> <p></p> <font color="#000000"> <p align="left"> <font><font size="2"><a href="/web/20030411005203/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/ED11Ad02.html "><strong>Hong Kong takes stock of market regulation<br></strong></a>While the panic over SARS overwhelms the Hong Kong SAR, there's a remedy on the table to cure an advancing financial epidemic. 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