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Press and Public Abroad Seem to Grow Ever Angrier About the U.S.
By RICHARD BERNSTEIN (NYT)
Nearly one week into the war in Iraq, the public mood in many countries around the world seemed to become angrier and more sarcastic than ever.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/27/international/worldspecial/27PERC.html?tntemail0

Robert Fisk: 'It was an outrage, an obscenity'

http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=391165

Robert Fisk: Raw, devastating realities that expose the truth about Basra

http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=391460

18 Afghans Freed by U.S. Find Little Else to Celebrate
By CARLOTTA GALL (NYT)
Eighteen Afghans who were returned from Guantánamo Bay detention center at the weekend were freed by the Afghan authorities today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/international/worldspecial/25CND-AFGH.html?tntemail0

U.S. Is Assembling a Civilian Team to Run Iraq
By ELIZABETH BECKER (NYT)
The U.S. is preparing to establish immediate sole control of postwar Iraq, initially without recourse to the U.N.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/international/worldspecial/25POST.html?tntemail0=&pagewanted=print&position=top

Thousands flee Basra in search of food and water
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=391487

Britain and US at odds over port rebuilding project
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=391489

Leading article: What did Mr Blair achieve by going to America?
http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=391433

Deborah Orr: The twisted ethics over displaying victims of war
http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/deborah_orr/story.jsp?story=391434

Christopher Bellamy: There may be no alternative to siege warfare
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=391465

Adrian Hamilton: Whoever wins the war, the US has lost the peace
http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/adrian_hamilton/story.jsp?story=391430

Andrew Buncombe: The priority here is clear: Oil comes before people
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=391485

US, EU lock horns on post-war Iraq
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By Shadaba Islam
BRUSSELS, March 27: The European Union and the United States
headed for another bruising feud over Iraq on Thursday as
Washington appealed for EU help in reconstructing post-war Iraq
but European governments demanded a central United Nations role in
rebuilding the country.

"As the EU and the US build a transatlantic relationship, one area
where we need to put our shoulder to the wheel is in helping the
Iraqi people make up for 20 years of Saddam's rule," US Under
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Alan Larson
told reporters after meetings with EU officials in Brussels.....

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top18.htm&date=20030328