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Presents a report based on interviews with Iraqis in 30 towns across the country about whether their lives had improved since the end of the war. Claim that, a year since the U.S. and its allies launched the war in Iraq, the country has fallen into a prolonged state of anarchy which has killed more than 600 allied soldiers and 10,000 Iraqis; Report that there are initial rumblings of economic expansion and political freedom in the country; Report on the attitudes of Iraqis towards the U.S.; Details of the threat posed by tensions between Kurds and Arabs in Kirkuk; Details of the challenges involved in rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure and medical services; Signs of private sector activity in Basra; Speculation about how Iraq's search for a new identity will progress.

Discusses life in Iraq outside the deadly Sunni triangle around Baghdad. Improvements in security and electrical service; Tolerance of foreign troops; Complaints of banditry, slow pace of reconstruction and few jobs; General opinion that things are much better than before the war with examples which include commerce and travel; Problems with the public sector recovery; Worsened health care and jobs; Improved goods and education; Hopes of Iraqis that freedom will last. INSET: Iraq: A Status Report.

Describes the energy crisis in Iraq as of May 19, 2003. Importance of Iraq in the global oil market; Consideration of breakdowns in the crude-oil machinery such as fractured pipelines, controls damaged by looters, and rusting equipment; How U.S. forces put a protective shield around the Oil Ministry building in Baghdad, Iraq; Impact of the oil industry on the living standards of Iraqis; Relationship between Iraq and countries such as France, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China; Diversification of U.S. supplies.

Focuses on the Iraqi soldiers called the Republican Guard and what happened to them during the Iraq War. Methods used by 'Time' magazine to access information regarding the troops in certain battlefields where they were stationed prior to American military moving into Baghdad; Indications that many of the Republican guard survived, but deserted; Details of the deployment of Iraqi troops south of Baghdad; Reports from the military commanders in the field, suggesting the Republican Guard were outmanned and unprepared for American military force; Number of bombs directed at Republican Guard positions.

Describes the chaos, violence, looting, freedom, and jubilation in Iraq after the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime in Baghdad. Rumors that Saddam has survived the bombings; Disappearance of the Baath Party enforcers and official communications; The search by United States soldiers for weapons of mass destruction; Relations between the Iraqis and the liberating soldiers; The challenge of planning humanitarian and postwar efforts; Discussion of setting up a government authority that will support democracy, installing a legitimate army, and recruiting a police force; Efforts to prevent looting; Statistics of the war in Iraq.

Focuses on the message U.S. President George W. Bush is trying to convey with respect to the war in Iraq while the American public and press question the progress made and military preparedness. Discussion of the administration's new message about resolve; View of the progress made by coalition forces as being stalled by guerrilla attacks and sand storms; Discussion of the expectations of the administration when entering the war; Recount of press conference.

Describes the allied bombing attack on Iraq which destroyed military and government installations in Baghdad. How the original plan was pre-empted due to an intelligence report that pinpointed the location of a bunker used by Saddam Hussein; Details of how ground troops invaded southern Iraq; Outlook for resistance from Saddam's Republican Guard units; Discussion of the decision of United States President George W. Bush to target Saddam directly; Impact of aerial bombardment and propaganda. INSETS: THE TOP GUNS OF A DYING REGIME;BOMBING IRAQ;HIGH-TECH BRUTE FORCE.

Discusses how the U.S. must choose officials from the former Iraqi regime to help lead the country. Consideration of the leadership of Hilal Aboud al-Bayati, a member of Iraq's Academy of Sciences; How the U.S. occupation authority is headed by retired Lieutenant General Jay Garner; Efforts of Iraqi citizens to return to their jobs; Plans to purge the top three tiers of Baathist leadership in Iraq; Reluctance of Baathists to work with U.S. officials.

The article looks at the conditions of Iraq where lawlessness comes in many forms. Outside the Sunni triangle, the absence of law has produced a chaotic sense of freedom that leaves Iraqis both exhilarated and terrified. There were many complaints about the increase in banditry on the roads, the slow pace of reconstruction, the rise in prices, the shortage of jobs caused in part by the U.S. dissolution of the Iraqi government and army.

The article discusses the situations in Iraq after war with the United States in 2003. The conflict is considered to be over, but the combat continues. Markets are open, but the lights are out, and there are shortages of everything but flies. Iraqis are free to march through the streets demanding that the U.S. troops pull out. The oil wells have been kept safe, but ancient treasures are lost. Bodies have piled up and the gravediggers have disappeared, so it is up to people to bury their own.

The article discusses the major flaws in the U.S. policy towards Iraq war. The assumption of least resistance from the enemy side due to highly developed military technology of the U.S. was ruled out by the persistent resistance from the Iraqis. The U.S. Army believed that they would be treated as liberators of the people from the old regime, but Iraqis resented the U.S. support. Another unpredictable outcome of the war was political damage to the U.S. due to war casualties.

Discusses part of the U.S. military strategy for in the event of war with Iraq. Use of emergency humanitarian aid in an effort to unearth Saddam Hussein's stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons; Importance of the second wave of soldiers in the military efforts; Difficulties faced in deploying the strategy.

Reveals the malevolent side of Baghdad. Instances of people getting shot in the street; Efforts to physicians to save gunshot victims.

Profiles retired U.S. Army Major General Jay Garner. His time in Iraq during the Persian Gulf War of 1991; His position as head of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance during the Iraqi War, 2003; Report that former generals, aid workers and diplomats are stationed in Kuwait and will cross the border into Iraq following the removal of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Discussion of the establishment of democratic institutions in postwar Iraq; Report that some Arabs resent the choice of a military figure to head the program; Garner's statement blaming Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority for orchestrating violence in 2000; Garner's position as president of SYColeman, a defense contractor that helped Israel develop its Arrow missile-defense system.

Reports on the activities of coalition forces in the Iraqi city of Basra during the Iraqi War, 2003. Statement that Feyadeen Saddam militia patrol the city and shoot anyone who defies them; Civilian fears that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will survive the war; Refugees fleeing the city; Report that Baath Party members use civilian homes as refuges; Lack of police force in the Iraqi cities; Need for humanitarian assistance; Anti-American sentiments expressed by Iraqi civilians.

Focuses on the friendly fire that has occurred during the war in Iraq. Description of the procedures allied soldiers must cycle through before shooting at vehicles encountered in the desert; Percentage of American forces killed by friendly fire in the Persian Gulf conflict; Comments regarding the increase in friendly fire-related deaths in the military.

Discusses life in the Iraqi town of Basra during the Iraqi War. Standoff between British troops and Ba'athist fanatics; British and American war planners who wanted to see Iraqis welcoming troops into a liberated city; Basra which closed down during the first few days of fighting; Some Basrans who were glad to see the bombs fall; British 7th Armored Brigade and the Royal Marines who marched virtually unopposed in Basra.