OPPONENTS of Saddam Hussein are scattered in many countries because he had issued death sentences on them. One of them is Syekh Jawad Maliki, leader of the Hizbul Dakwah party.

In the neighborhood of Sina'ah, not far from the center of Damascus, the Syrian capital, Syekh Jawad Maliki and his fellow party members gather to plan their future. They usually meet at his office, which is sparsely furnished, and which has become the temporary head