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</div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="Table2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table id="Table3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="509" align="left" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="body" valign="top" width="300"> <table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="287" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="286"><font color="#000000"> <p align="left"><font color="#000000"> <font color="#000000"><font size="2"><img style="WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 24px" height="24" hspace="0" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes/images/iraq-header-3.gif" width="287" border="0"><br> </font><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"> <br> <font face="Arial" color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"> <font color="#ff0000"><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED01Ak01.html "><strong>The new Iraq-bin Laden connection<br></strong></a><font color="#000000">Al-Jazeera's broadcast last month of a speech made by Osama bin Laden was immediately used by the Bush administration in its attempt to link Iraq and al-Qaeda. Now, Iraqis are using the very same speech as motivation for resisting US-led forces in their country. - </font><font color="#000000"><strong>B Raman</strong> </font><font color="#ff0000"><strong> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 31, '03)</font><br><br></strong><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ED01Ak02.html"><strong>Next up: 'Non-lethal' chemicals that kill<br></strong></a><font color="#000000">As the likelihood of street fighting in Baghdad grows, reports have emerged that the US is considering the use of "non-lethal chemical weapons", similar to those used in civilian riot control, and similar to those used in last year's Russian hostage drama, where the weapons proved anything but non-lethal. - </font><font color="#000000"><strong>David Isenberg</strong> </font><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 31, '03)</font><br><br><strong>ANALYSIS</strong></font></font> <br> <a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak01.html"><strong>Could Saddam still win?</strong></a><br> Saddam Hussein's strategy, as is now evident after more than a week of fighting, is to sacrifice open spaces but hold urban areas and conduct guerrilla-style harassment operations in coalition rearguard areas. This promises a long and bloody war. But defeat under such circumstances could turn out to be Saddam's ultimate victory. - <b>Marc Erikson <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> <br></b></font> <br> <strong>ANALYSIS <br> </strong><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak02.html"><strong>The make-believe and the real war<br> </strong></a><font color="#000000">The possibility that the Iraqis might have learnt the right lessons from their humiliating defeat of 1991 and incorporated them into their self-defense strategy seem to have been overlooked by the coalition commanders (and a few commentators to boot). Overlooked also are the effects that demonizing Saddam Hussein and harping on about weapons of mass destruction have had on the Iraqi military. - <b>B Raman</b> <strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font></strong> <br> </font><br><strong>THE ROVING EYE<br></strong><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak07.html "><strong>The battle for Shi'ite hearts and minds</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">For Iraqi Shi'ites, Arab nationalism - and especially the Ba'ath Party version adapted by Saddam Hussein - is nothing but undisguised Sunni domination. But they do not trust the Americans to liberate them as they view Washington as hostile to Shi'ite Iran, to the Shi'ites in Syria and Lebanon, and only interested in oil in Shi'ite southern Iraq. - <b>Pepe Escobar <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> <br></b></font><br><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak06.html"><strong>Southern discomfort<br></strong></a><font color="#000000">Coalition forces are having a hard time of stamping their control over the Shi'ite south of Iraq, where resistance had been expected to be light. And even once they do gain control, foreign troops have been warned by the exiled leader of the main armed opposition group of Iraqi Shi'ites that they are not welcome in the post-Saddam era. The fight will be resumed. <strong>- Hooman Peimani <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> </strong></font><br><br><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak04.html"><strong>Temperature rises in the north</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">An increasing number of US troops, including some 1,000 paratroopers, are being airlifted into Iraq's effectively autonomous Kurdish north. At the same time, Iraqi forces positioned across the demarcation line that separates Kurdistan from the rest of the country are enduring continued air raids. A battle beyond Baghdad looms. <strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font></strong>   <br></font><strong><br></strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EC29Ae03.html"><strong>'After Baghdad, Yangon'</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">Nearly everywhere outside the United States itself, ordinary people oppose America's "shock and awe" campaign to rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein. But in a small border town in Thailand, a motley collection of ethnic dissidents from Myanmar gathered to cheer George W Bush on. Said one, his face glued to the TV screen watching bombs rain on Baghdad: "I hope that when the US is finished with Iraq, it'll do the same in Burma." <b>- Nelson Rand</b> </font><strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font></strong></font><br><br><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EC29Dh01.html "><strong>Japan: Deputy superpower</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">While Japan's most important ally, the United States, leads an invasion of Iraq, its close neighbor North Korea is busy striking threatening poses toward Tokyo. Not for Japan to worry, for it has quietly built a world-class military, secured its position as the world's No 2 power and has ensured Washington's assistance in any crisis. <strong>- Richard Hanson <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> <br><br></strong><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EC29Ae02.html "><strong>Indonesia doth protest war too little</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">While Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has fervently opposed the US-led war on Iraq, the Indonesian streets have been usually quiet. <strong>Gary LaMoshi</strong> explains why.</font></font><strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font></strong><br> <br> <strong>BOOK REVIEW<br> </strong><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak03.html"><strong>Americans from Mars, Europeans from Venus</strong></a><br> <font color="#000000"><i><b>Of Paradise and Power, America and Europe in the New World Order</b></i>, by <b>Robert Kagan</b><br> Europe favors peaceful responses to international problems, preferring negotiation, diplomacy and persuasion to coercion, while America resorts to force more often. The author's solution to the problem that this divide is causing might not go down too well in "old Europe". - </font><font color="#000000"><strong>Sreeram Chaulia <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> <br></strong> </font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"></p> <hr color="coral"> <p align="left"><font size="2"><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EC29Ad06.html"><strong>Paranoia prevails in SARS' Ground Zero</strong></a></font><br>While severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) continues its rapid spread in Hong Kong, the city is finally coming to grips with the severity of the mysterious virus that came from neighboring Guangdong province. What a growing number of Hong Kong residents want to know is why authorities have been more interested in stopping the spread of information than the spread of SARS. - <strong>Wong Kwok Wah <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> </strong><br><br></font><img hspace="0" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/bestofbe4[2].gif" border="0"><br></font> <strong><font size="2"> <br> THE ROVING EYE <br> </font></strong></font> <a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC27Ak05.html"><strong><font size="2">The 'Palestinization' of Iraq</font> </strong></a> <br> <font size="2">Palestinians have long been the torchbearers of Arab suffering in their struggles with Israel. But now, Arabs in other countries, fired by the on-going Iraqi resistance, are starting to ask serious questions about their own repressive and unenlightened governments. - <b>Pepe Escobar</b> <font color="#999999" size="1"> (Mar 26, '03)</font> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p> </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"> <tr> <td><font color="#000000" size="2"></font> <table id="Table6" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td> <table id="Table7" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td> <table class="" id="table1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="212" border="3" style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 208px"> <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/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes/images/Iraq-ref.gif">REFERENCE<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030331084553/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/20030331084553/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/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><u><font color="#003399"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030331084553/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/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030331084553/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/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC22Ak02.html " target="_blank"> <font color="#ff0000"><strong><img align="left" border="0" hspace="3" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://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/20030331084553/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC22Ak02.html">Click here</a> for our interactive map.</font></font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="5" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"><br> <table class="" id="table1" style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 258px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="212" border="3"> <tr> <td class="" valign="top" bordercolor="orangered" align="left" bgcolor="gainsboro" height="0"><font size="2"><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/China/EC29Ad03.html"><strong>Prince of Darkness: Deals in <img align="left" border="0" hspace="3" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/perle.gif" vspace="3">the shadows</strong></a><br> Richard Perle's resignation Thursday as chairman of a Pentagon advisory group comes amid accusations of conflict of interest in his relationships to the Pentagon and a bankrupt telecommunications firm. This is by no means terra incognita for Perle, who has a history of mixing business with politics. - <strong>Jason Leopold <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font> </strong></font></td> </tr> </table> <img height="5" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"><br> <table class="" id="Table16" style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 126px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="212" border="3"> <tr> <td class="" valign="top" bordercolor="fuchsia" align="left" height="0"><font size="2"></font><font size="2"><strong><font color="#ff00ff"><a href="javascript:openWindow('/atimes/others/cartoon.html','list','resizable=yes,scrollbars,width=720,height=560');"><img align="left" border="0" hspace="3" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/coates-28-3-2003-thumb.gif" vspace="3"></a>WEEKEND  CARTOON</font></strong></font><strong><font color="#ff00ff"> <font size="2"></font> <br> </font></strong><font size="2">by<br> </font><font size="2"><strong><font color="magenta">Gavin Coates</font> <br> </strong></font> <br> <a href="javascript:openWindow('/atimes/others/cartoon.html','list','resizable=yes,scrollbars,width=720,height=560');"> <font size="2">Please click to enlarge.</font> </a> <br> <font size="2">Visit </font><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/others/cartoons.html"><font size="2">Gavin's page</font></a><font size="2"> for more. </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="4"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img height="5" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/others/newsletter.htm"><img src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://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/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="5"><br> <table id="Table9" style="WIDTH: 211px; HEIGHT: 310px" bordercolor="#ff9900" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="211" border="1"> <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"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="middle"><font color="#000000"><img height="5" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="1"><img height="1" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes/images/1pix.gif" width="1"><br> <img alt="" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/asia_businessN.gif"></font> <p></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#003399"><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EC29Df01.html"><strong><font size="2">The sense behind Delhi's silence<br></font></strong></a><font color="#000000" size="2"> India's has not been one of the voices raised in criticism of the United States over its Iraq policy, despite domestic pressure. The reward, New Delhi hopes, will be an important role in the reconstruction of Iraq, in addition to more grandiose diplomatic gains. - </font><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><strong>Sudha Ramachandran</strong> <br></font><strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)<br></font></strong><br><font color="#000000">   <img hspace="0" src="/web/20030331084553im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif" border="0"></font></font><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EC29Df02.html"><font size="2">Aussies bleat over wheat</font> </a><br><br><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC29Ak05.html "><strong><font size="2">French can't wait for the<br>dust to settle</font> </strong></a><br><font size="2"><font color="#000000">The French public and private sectors are putting their heads together to ensure that they are not cut out of deals for the reconstruction of Iraq, notwithstanding the political differences between Washington and Paris. They might be a bit premature, though, for as President Jacques Chirac says, "We're still in the demolition stage."</font><strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font></strong><br><br></font><u><a href="/web/20030331084553/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EC29Ae01.html "><font size="2"><strong>Political storm approaching Jakarta port<br></strong></font></a></u></font><font color="#000000" size="2">Jakarta and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa are set on a collision course over an apparent attempt by the Indonesian government to grab control over PT Jakarta International Container Terminal. <b>Bill Guerin</b> examines the history of friction between Hutchison Port Holdings and Jakarta, and its effects on potential foreign investors. <strong><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 28, '03)</font></strong> <br></font> <br> <a 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