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...coalition in Parliament renominated the widely disliked Ibrahim al-Jaafari for the position of prime minister, the U.S. has been edging away from its Shi?ite allies in the government and lining up with secular parties, Sunnis and Kurds, all in an effort to bring more Sunnis into the cabinet. This is the key part of their plan to undermine the Sunni insurgency and begin the withdrawal of American troops...
...Iraq and the Badr Organization, is in any mood to compromise after today. And even if they were in such a mood, they would likely face revolts by their followers for appearing to reward those groups responsible for the destruction of the fourth holiest Shi?ite shrine with cabinet posts...
After the militant organization Hamas won a clear majority in the Palestinian parliament [Feb. 6], its critics denounced the election results. The Israeli Cabinet said it will not negotiate with a Palestinian administration that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. But Hamas won on not only its political agenda but also its social and welfare programs. It is counterproductive and unrealistic for the U.S. not to continue financial assistance to the Palestinians who voted for a change...
...foreign-policy foreign policy. No ambitious initiatives, no attempts to set the world on fire. Official Ottawa, at least, seems to be relieved by the downshift. Some of Harper's early Ottawa-oriented diplomacy, such as scrapping the complex foreign policy and national-security superstructure established in the Martin Cabinet and reversing the controversial split in 2004 of the Foreign Affairs and International Trade departments, have already won bureaucrats' hearts. The atmosphere, says a top Foreign Affairs official, "is definitely more practical...
...live what's happening on Arab TV. We have a young man who's watching the blogs, the Web chats. So when I walk in, I instantly can know what's being said. That unit publishes a daily rapid-response report. It goes to all the Cabinet Secretaries and all our ambassadors...