Firas Al-Atraqchi

Trapped between two presidents who refuse to change their stance, the Iraqi people are preparing for the worst. Those with financial means leave the country while the rest are resigning to fate.

In a desperate move to pin anything o­n Saddam Hussein, the US administration claims an audio message from Osama bin Laden proves the Iraqi president has links with the al-Qaeda terror network. But analysts say otherwise.

Desmond Tutu, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Martin Scorsese, Nelson Mandela, Kathy Kelly, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Edward Said and George W Bush who is the odd o­ne out in calling for a war instead of embarking o­n a jihad of peace?