COVER

Chasing the Ghosts

With doubts about Iraq growing at home, U.S. forces are struggling to put down an elusive and inexhaustible enemy. Michael Ware reports on the state of the counterinsurgency from the front lines of the biggest battle of the year

Saddam's Revenge

The secret history of U.S. mistakes, misjudgments and intelligence failures that let the Iraqi dictator and his allies launch an insurgency now ripping Iraq apart

BUSINESS

A Sharper Focus

While rivals like Sony are struggling, Sharp has become Japan's hottest electronics firm by playing to its strengths

BRIEFING

Koizumi's Next Act (Notebook)

Koizumi may have postal reform in the bag, but many other issues still plague Japan