Issues for Month of 9/2003

FOR FIVE months we've been told things will get better in Iraq. But with every day that's passed since the "end" of the war life for millions of Iraqis has gone from bad to worse. There are 1,000 killings a week, according to reports from distinguished Middle East journalist Robert Fisk. He wrote in last week's Independent on Sunday, "Occupation powers insist that journalists obtain clearance to visit hospitals.

EVERY DAY brings more horror for the Iraqi people. US soldiers killed 18 year old Farah Fadhil two weeks ago when they threw a grenade through her window. Her legs were shredded, her hands burnt and punctured by strips of metal. She had been walking to her window to try to plead with soldiers who were spraying bullets at her apartment.

THE BLAIR regime is on the rocks. If it goes down it will be a crushing blow against the policies of New Labour.