A majority of Iraqis reject the US-UK military occupation of their country--51.2% opposed to occupation, 39.5% supporting occupation. Milan Rai reports.

Britain and France have followed the United States, and its USA PATRIOT Act, with the implementation of so-called anti-terrorism measures, threatening liberties. Non-democratic nations in other parts of the world have also increased such repressiveness. Ignacio Ramonet asks "Is it possible that by establishing the state of emergency as a norm and making the police the centre of the state system, the democracies are committing suicide?"

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, President Bush ordered his then top anti-terrorism adviser to look for a link between Iraq and the attacks, despite being told there didn't seem to be one. The adviser, Richard Clarke, was interviewed by Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes. Clarke, whose allegations are also made in a book, "Against All Enemies," helped shape US policy on terrorism under Presidents Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton.

Former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix says the US-led war on Iraq may have worsened the terrorist threat. Andrew Stern reports.

An Associated Press report on the assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Israel's further plans, and Hamas's response.

Madrid's decision to pull its troops from Iraq unless the UN takes over doesn't give in to terrorists--it undercuts them, says Salim Lone former United Nations director of communications for the UN mission in Iraq.

On March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, opponents of the war and the occupation will stage protests and memorials in countries across the globe. Mark Engler expects these protests to be smaller than the protests of February-March 2003. He asks: "What has the peace movement accomplished? And where do we go from here?"

"Though the negotiations have passed mostly unnoticed, Baltimore's Mayor's Office of Cable and Communications has been meeting privately with Comcast Corp. to discuss the details of the cable-TV company's contract with the city. The deal the company signed with the city in 2001 expires this year....Baltimore is a hot topic for media-democracy advocates as these contract negotiations evolve." Brendan Coyne reports.