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Iyad Allawi's bid to become Iraq's Prime Minister again has received an endorsement from an unexpected source: the Ba'ath Party. A spokesman for the exiled leadership of Saddam Hussein's old party told TIME that Allawi "is the best person at this time to be given the task of ruling Iraq." He said he hoped that Allawi would pave the way for the Ba'ath Party to "return to the political life of Iraq, where we rightfully belong...
...Late on Sunday five Iraqi politicians, representing the country's Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish constituencies, announced a deal to allow some former members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party to return to government jobs, which has been a key demand of Iraq's Sunni Arabs. U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker called the announcement a "positive and encouraging message...
...Sadrists are a powerful presence in parliament and in several key government ministries. Their Mahdi Army militia has infiltrated the Iraqi Security Forces. As a practical matter, an agreement to reconcile with former Ba'athists is next to meaningless without Sadr's acquiescence. And the Sadrists weren't absent simply from Sunday's deal. At the moment they are not even part of the government; like their Sunni adversaries they are engaged in a boycott...
...Open Skies agreement drawn up by Washington and Brussels, from early next year any E.U. airline will finally have the right to fly to any city in the U.S., and vice versa. With U.S. rivals Delta and Continental expected to start operating flights out of Heathrow next year, "BA's business-class fare is going to be under considerable pressure," says JPMorgan's Avery...
Walsh will have to push hard for growth in other markets to compensate for this hit. From next summer, BA plans to launch a new service between the U.S. and major business centers in Continental Europe, flying reconfigured 757s from its existing fleet. While he is guarded about the fine details, "getting a new airline up and running in a little over 12 months," as Walsh sees it, "is a great test of how quickly we can respond." And if things take off, he's even promising to share the acclaim...