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...arms, and any so-called Iraqi institutions set up by the U.S. will never have credibility. Iraqis aren't stupid. They can spot a puppet government as easily as the rest of us. The option that must be explored is bringing in other - perhaps even Arab - countries or the U.N. to try to bridge the gap. That would involve cooperation with the rest of the world, and the Administration would have to give up any plan to have Iraq as an oil-rich client state. Dan Inch Liverpool, England
...Iraqi National Assembly - but not, presumably a "final, final draft" as negotiations appear to be continuing in the hope of securing Sunni support - some form of the charter is set to go before the Iraqi people for an Oct. 15 referendum. It was pushed through over Sunni Arab objections to "federalism," which they say will spell the dismemberment of Iraq. A process that was to showcase Iraq's unity and bring disgruntled Sunnis into the political process has instead deepened divisions and stoked distrust...
...proposed the constitutional change two months later, days after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abruptly canceled a visit to Egypt in evident displeasure with another regime crackdown on opponents. Rice piled on the pressure again in June, choosing Cairo for the venue of a landmark speech calling for greater Arab reform. Acknowledging that Mubarak had finally "unlocked the door for change," she warned his regime to hold a free and fair election...
...Nonetheless, many see the election, after the fall of Saddam in 2003 and the Cedar Revolution against Syrian domination of Lebanon this year, as a further crumbling of the edifice that has guarded authoritarian regimes in the Arab world for half a century. They hope that Egyptian elections in November will produce a more representative parliament, and that voters will have a real choice in the next presidential contest, in 2011. After surveying the overflow crowd of 5,000 people at a rally in the northern city of El Mahla El Kobra, Maram Mazen, 19, a law student volunteering with...
...believe the settlers did not realize they were on borrowed time from the minute they began living on occupied land after the 1967 war. For a true peace, Israel and its settlers must realize that a Palestinian nation has to be created. The sad part is that Jews and Arabs had lived together in the region peacefully for centuries, but now it seems that the only way to achieve a lasting peace for the region is to separate their cultures. Mark Minter Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. Your article about Gaza portrayed a rosy image of Zionism. That picture, however, is painted...