Issues of Global Import

28 April 2003


Voting a Straight Shia Ticket
The Iraqi city of Karbala saw a pilgrimage last week that had been banned by the Saddam-ite regime for about 33 years. An estimated 1.3 million people marched to the tomb of the martyred grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, Peace Be Unto Him, and bloodied themselves in a sacred fit of self-mutilation. The last thing the West wants is for these people to start voting. Click here to read Kensington's Opinion.

North Korea's Nuclear Threat: A Bigger Problem
Even before the US knew it didn't have the votes for a second UN resolution permitting force against the Saddam-ite regime in Iraq, many critics of the administration wanted to know why North Korea was being treated differently. The reasons are legion, ranging from the Freudian to the militarily pragmatic, but there appears to be no avoiding the issue any longer. The time has come to end the Korean War, and a peace treaty is the cure for the ills of the Northern Pacific. Click here for more.

Serbian Justice on Trial
In the US, Zoran Djindjic was not a household name the way Saddam Hussein was, but his assassination has serious implications for the US in Europe. As a reformer in Serbia, a nation in desperate need of reform, he was a target for those who liked things the old-fashioned (or perhaps old-fascist) way. Some 15 people are charged directly with the murder, but the real defendant is Serbian justice. Click here to read why.