America is not duty-bound to liberate every oppressed nation.

ECONOMIST: Hollow victory?

Members of the tiny Christian minority -- just 1 percent of the population -- celebrated Easter as thousands of Shiite Muslims made the pilgrimage to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, banned by Saddam's regime, which was largely secular and oppressed the nation's Shiite majority while favoring Sunni Muslims.

CNN: U.S. administrative chief to arrive on Monday

In that time, the generals have succeeded in turning a resource-rich land of 45m people, once considered to have one of the most promising economies in Asia, into an oppressed, poor nation widely shunned by the outside world.

ECONOMIST: Help needed