Part 1: Baghdad glued to Beirut
Although it is in effect a country at war, the popular mood in Iraq is one of defiance. And the country's leaders are not sitting idly waiting for a possible United States attack, although their fate most likely lies in the hands of others. (Mar 27)

Part 2: The vanishing middle class
Devastated by the Gulf War and the subsequent embargo on trade, Iraq is an economic basket case, with nearly half the population out of work, inflation running wild and the currency almost worthless. Yet people make do, somehow, Pepe Escobar discovers as he strolls around the streets and bazaars of Baghdad. (Mar 29)

Part 3: Baghdad and Ramallah, the same struggle
In the minds of the Iraqi population, the Palestinian struggle to get rid of Israeli occupation is equivalent to the Iraqi fight to get rid of the embargo imposed on Baghdad by the United States. And they have compelling reasons to believe this. (Apr 1)

Part 4: Sorry, your credit is no good
Iraq's Minister of Trade, Mohamed Mamdi Salim, talks to Escobar about the United Nations sanctions against his country, and asserts that US$10 billion has been siphoned from the "oil for food" program to finance the UN itself. (Apr 3)

Part 5: What is terrorism?
The more than 50 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference have been unable to come up with a definition of terrorism. In light of the current Israeli and United States policy, though, students in Baghdad are quite clear on what terrorism is not - the Palestinian struggle led by Yasser Arafat. (Apr 5)

Part 6: Oil and troubled waters
Even before Monday's decision by Saddam Hussein to stop oil exports for a month, oil was an incendiary issue in Iraq, as Escobar learns on a trip to the country's oilfields on the border with Iran. The problem for Saddam now is to get other oil-producing countries to follow his seemingly suicidal lead. (Apr 10)

Part 7:  All guided up with nowhere to go
Surrounded by the requisite horde of official guides, Escobar travels in southern Iraq to the fabled cities of Ur and Basra. But in a country ruled by fear and secrecy, the guides can take him nowhere without letters of authorization - letters that never materialize. (Apr 12)

Part 8: Ghosts
Baghdad boasts an international airport and a huge tower with a revolving restaurant to be proud of. Unfortunately, very few people other than the extremely privileged or rich get to use the facilities, turning them into places where ghosts rattle about. Many Iraqis themselves have been turned into virtual ghosts - they fear the system, fear the government, and fear fear itself. (Apr 17)

Part 9: Voice of a Baghdad Palestinian
Escobar tracks down a Palestinian refugee living in Baghdad. The man, banned from the territory of his birth for being a militant, explains why he refuses to be called a terrorist, and why he considers Iraq to be the country that best represents the Arab nation. (Apr 18)

Part 10: Using the oil weapon
What is Iraq doing with all its non-exported barrels of oil after its decision to halt exports for one month? Escobar explores the labyrinth of Iraqi oil sales to find the answer. (Apr 23)

Part 11: The Shi'ite factor
Publicly, the majority Shi'ites in Iraq say that they have no beef with their Sunni political masters. But under the surface the reality is somewhat different - a factor that cannot be underestimated in dealing with Saddam Hussein. (Apr 24)