EDITORIAL: Why American democracy will fail in Iraq. What the Americans should know more about the Arab political psyche, by Maximillien de Lafayette, Esquire. The enormous differences between the Arab/Islamic and American "democratic" laws and ways of life will not allow the Bush's administration to create a democratic regime in Iraq or in any Arab country, not now and not in five hundred thousands years to come!! Many American Presidents before him and a considerable number of world's leaders tried to establish democracy in the Arab world and failed. But President Bush, strongly, honestly and stubbornly believes that he can change the world! Good luck, Mr President...........................................................................................................................................................................................4-8

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Iraq Scandal: Iraq scandal reveals Red Cross pressures. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been in the spotlight this week, following the revelations about the abuse of Iraqis held in Abu Ghraib prison by coalition forces. The ICRC is the body officially mandated by the Geneva Conventions to visit prisoners of war to ensure they are being humanely treated. And the Red Cross had visited Abu Ghraib many times, it knew of the abuses, but only went public with its knowledge when forced to. Critics now accuse the Red Cross - widely regarded as the guardian of the Geneva Conventions - of being the last to mention that the conventions are being violated. No comment : The ICRC can be a difficult assignment for journalists: Red Cross delegates are active in some of the most newsworthy parts of the world, but they have a policy of not talking about their work.........................................................................................................................................9-11

Cpl Charles A Graner (right) and fellow suspect Lynndie England are pictured at Abu Ghraib prison Trial: A fourth US soldier is to face court martial over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the American army has said. Military Police Cpl Charles A Graner will appear before a court on Thursday to enter a plea on charges including cruelty and maltreatment of detainees. One abuse suspect, Jeremy Sivits, has made detailed allegations about his colleagues, including Cpl Graner. In Baghdad, the US military has begun releasing more than 300 inmates from Abu Ghraib jail. Seven soldiers have so far been charged over abuse at the jail - three are still waiting to hear if they will face trial..................13

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Major General Antonio Taguba

Abuse: IRAQ PRISON ABUSE AND AND SCANDAL: KEY PLAYERS from the highest military officials to the journalists who broke the story, BBC News Online looks at the figures in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal. The hawkish Mr Rumsfeld, one of the chief architects of the Iraq war, faced calls for his resignation when the scandal at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad first broke. An investigation into abuse at the prison was completed in early March, but even two months later, Mr Rumsfeld had still not read the report fully. He was forced to offer his deepest apologies for what had happened, saying he had not realised.......................... 14-17

Picture of Iraqi prisoners being abused in Abu Ghraib jail (AP Photo/Courtesy of The New Yorker)

Atrocities: IRAQ ATROCITIES AND ABUSE: US NORMAL POLICY OR ANOMALY? A key question which remains unresolved after the furore over the photos of alleged Iraqi prisoner abuse is to what extent the breaking of prisoner morale is still part of American policy. The man brought in to run the Abu Ghraib prison is Maj Gen Geoffrey Miller, the man who ran the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He told reporters who were shown the prison near Baghdad that sensory deprivation methods would now be used only after a general had "signed off" on them. "We will examine very closely the more aggressive techniques," he said. But he did not say they would be stopped. Yet he also said on Saturday that the Geneva Conventions would be applied in Iraq...............................................................................................................18-21

Rumsfeld: The US media believes that Donald Rumsfeld is safe in his job as the US defence secretary following a ringing endorsement by President Bush amid the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. But that has not stopped some commentators from questioning the president's decision, or pointing out that there could be a change of heart if the political fallout from the affair continues to worsen. As John King of CNN reported, the White House believes that the scandal will get much worse with the release of additional photos and video. And an editorial in the Washington Post said that by congratulating Mr Rumsfeld and describing the abuses as aberrations the president had not responded correctly to what it described as "the nation's worst disgraces". But President Bush is famous for his fierce loyalty to his inner circle and unlikely to force Mr Rumsfeld from office..............................................................................................................................22

Sovereignty: With a handover in Iraq to an interim but "sovereign" government due at the end of next month, some of the key issues which will determine whether that government has any real powers remain unresolved. The big problem is security. If the new government has no power to control the American and other troops which will stay on with its agreement, it will lack even the basic elements of sovereignty. It will in any case have no power to make or change laws during the six months or so it will hold office as a caretaker until elections in December or January. A senior British official said that the new Iraqi government had to have a major security role if ................................23

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Daily Mirror front page UK/IRAQ: The Daily Mirror has said sorry to the regiment it accused of torture after publishing fake pictures of UK troops abusing Iraqi prisoners. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) accepted the apology but called for the newspaper to help root out those responsible for the photos. Following the sacking of editor Piers Morgan, the tabloid also apologised to readers and to UK armed forces in Iraq. The QLR said the Mirror had endangered British troops by running the pictures. ...................................24

Blair: Will he stay or will he go? It seems that wherever the prime minister goes these days, there are reporters asking him how long he plans to keep his job. This is a man with a thumping great parliamentary majority, a strong record of economic growth, low inflation, low interest rates and the lowest number of unemployed for years. So why is his situation so precarious? The single-word answer is of course Iraq. No one has ever doubted Tony Blair's conviction when it comes to his belief in the rightness of the war. Indeed no one disputes the fact that ridding the world of Saddam Hussein is a good thing. The problem is that having won the war, the coalition is rapidly losing the peace. People may have thought the abiding image from the conflict would be the toppling of Saddam's statue by the Iraqi people............................................25

UK/IRAQ: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) report on the treatment of Iraqi detainees by coalition troops has not been published officially but leaked copies of the document are available on the Wall Street Journal's website. The report does not generally distinguish between British and American forces but there are specific criticisms which appear to be aimed at areas under British command. Those are: The ICRC examined the arrest of nine men, one of whom died, by coalition forces in Basra on 13 September 2003. "Following their arrest, the nine men were made to kneel, face and hands against the ground, as if in a prayer position. "The soldiers stamped on the back of the neck of those raising their head. They confiscated their money without issuing a receipt." The report says the men were later "severely beaten" by coalition troops....................................................................................................26

Rich crooks: This is a rich list with a difference, a roll call of the UK's wealthiest criminals, among them drug barons, people smugglers and fraudsters. Crime does pay - for some. The richest villains in the UK are worth hundreds of millions of pounds, with the number one fraudster said to be as rich as the Queen. The BBC has delved into the criminal underworld to discover the elite of British crime to produce the Underworld Rich List (see below). The resulting three-part series of the same name follows the fortunes of these villains, among them Mickey Green, a London armed robber-turned-drug trafficker; Curtis Warren, a Toxteth street dealer who's made it big; and professional gambler Brian Wright, who is now a fugitive cocaine baron........................................................................................................................................27

Terror: IS UK READY FOR A TERROR ATTACK? In light of the devastating bomb blasts in Madrid, attention in the UK has focused the real possibility that Britain could be next. More than at any time since the 11 September 2001 attacks, the devastating attack on Madrid's rail network earlier this month have brought into sharp focus the very real possibility that the UK will eventually be the target for a similar atrocity. Police, security experts and government officials are agreed that Britain, and the capital in particular, would be obvious targets. Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir John Stevens called the sceptre of an attack "inevitable"; Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said it would be "miraculous" if the capital escaped attack; and cabinet minister Peter Hain admitted the UK was a "frontline target". ...........................................................28

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UK/USA: Should Blair stand by Bush? Read world opinions. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged continued allegiance with US President George Bush. Mr Blair has dismissed calls, including some from within his own party, to distance himself from the president. In an interview with British newspaper the Independent, he said he would not end British support for its "main ally" and added that it was "in the interests of the world" that the UK continued to support the military coalition in Iraq. ........................................................................................29-32

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Pope John Paul II Israelis demonstrate in support of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza plan World: Pope John Paul is due to create six new saints at a ceremony in the Vatican. They include an Italian woman who has become a symbol of the anti-abortion movement. Gianna Beretta Molla died of cancer in 1962 after refusing life-saving treatment that would have involved the termination of her pregnancy. Other new saints include a 19th-century Lebanese priest, Nimatullah al-Hardini, who has been praised for his tolerance towards other religions. Sunday's ceremony will raise to more than 480 the number of saints created by John Paul II during his 25-year papacy.........................................................................................................33

Israel: Israel's pull out: More than 100,000 Israelis have attended a rally calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The rally in Tel Aviv was organised to show support for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan. The controversial plan has been rejected by the ruling Likud party but polls show most Israelis support it. Meanwhile, Palestinians won a small victory when an Israeli Court imposed a temporary ban on the demolition of houses in the Gaza Strip. The ruling was announced after Israeli troops pulled out of the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah, having bulldozed dozens of homes. And early on Sunday morning, Israeli helicopters fired more missiles at targets in Gaza City.............................................................................................33

World News. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday blamed Yasser Arafat for blocking U.S. efforts to strengthen Palestinian security forces as a means of ending terror attacks on Israel. Winding up his latest effort to push peacemaking forward, without any apparent concrete results, Powell also criticized Arafat for a statement the Palestinian leader made Saturday to his people urging them to ``find whatever strength you have to terrorize your enemy.'' ``Mr. Arafat continues to take actions and make statements to make it exceptionally difficult to move forward'' on peacemaking, Powell said at a news conference before returning to Washington from the World Economic Forum held at an isolated Dead Sea resort. ........................................................................................................................................................................34

US AND THE GENEVA: US questions needs to comply with Geneva convention. The Iraq prisoner abuse scandal shifted Sunday to the question of whether the U.S. administration set up a legal foundation that opened the door for the mistreatment. Within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales reportedly wrote President George W. Bush a memo about the terrorism fight and prisoners' rights under the Geneva Convention. "In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions," Newsweek magazine quoted the memo as saying. Secretary .................................................................................35