TO THE VICTOR THE OIL

Saddam Husseins fate is still unclear. All of Iraq, especially Baghdad, is still in chaos, without a government. The Americans are moving quickly to install a transitional government and get the oil fields pumping out the black gold again.

April 22, 2003

THIS is the new Iraq. And this is the new Baghdad. In the Mansur area of Baghdad, TEMPO journalist Rommy Fibri witnessed the return of men, women and children, old and young, to the streets of their city again. The crowds were laughing and excited, despite the many US soldiers on guard in various parts of the city. While some potshots were heard fired by die-hard militiamen at low-flying aircraft, who knows where, the population of Baghdad were w

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