Word: diplomat
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...Pakistani cities and towns, and it has halted exploration for minerals. If the conflict persists, it could jeopardize Gwadar's future as well as a proposed oil pipeline from Iran to Pakistan, which would pass through Baluchistan. "Right now it's a low-intensity insurgency," says a Western diplomat, "but it could get very nasty...
...Referring to documents he said were seized in raids on al-Qaeda hideouts, the Iraqi national security adviser proclaimed "the beginning of the end of al-Qaeda in Iraq" and said the group was "facing destruction." The authenticity of the documents has not been confirmed. A Western diplomat speaking on Thursday was hopeful, but much more circumspect than al-Rubaie. The Americans and the Iraqis, he said, were "still conducting raids all over the place." Al Qaeda in Iraq is "not necessarily on the run, but certainly stunned...
...Western diplomat said such sentiments were understandable, but that he hoped the Iraqi government's actions in coming weeks and months will reassure Sunnis and other skeptics. The government also has to convince them that the security crackdown in Baghdad is aimed at insurgents rather than at the Sunni community in general...
...hard slogging," the diplomat said, "really begins...
...personal aide to the President. It's a job that traditionally meant being "body guy" to the chief, the young aide who carries the souvenirs and dispenses the Purell. But Bush is uniquely sensitive about his personal ecology, and Gottesman has blossomed into a systems analyst, gatekeeper and diplomat who serves as the membrane between the President and the rest of the staff...