"Do you have any newspapers?" Iraqi border guards ask travellers arriving from Jordan. Like most of their countrymen, they are anxious for any information, especially about Iraq itself, that is unfiltered by government propagandists. But recently, as Iraq has faded from the world's headlines, the pickings have been thin. Saddam Hussein's regime seems more firmly entrenched than at any time in the past ten years, and the international dispute over how to handle him is as intractable as ever. No news may be good news for Mr Hussein, but it is a disaster for the bulk of his citizens.
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