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...Hamas are extremely valuable. They are the avatars of negotiation. In Iraq, the U.S. military has had quiet talks with everyone from the Sunni insurgents in Fallujah in 2004 to the "special groups" in Sadr City today. Our European partners meet surreptitiously with Hamas - the British diplomat Sir Jeremy Greenstock has publicly acknowledged having such meetings. Furthermore, talks with Hamas have been advocated by a broad swath of notable Israelis - including a former head of Mossad, a former foreign minister and Ariel Sharon's former national security adviser. Why should it be easier for an Israeli politician to favor talks...
...quitting primarily to spend more time with his ailing wife.) So far, there is no evidence that Annan's son did anything improper or illegal, much less the Secretary-General himself. Annan's supporters point to his record of integrity and honesty, which few have ever questioned. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former British Ambassador to the U.N., spoke for many outside Washington's conservative circles when he said, "Of course Annan should not resign. It would be hard to find anyone as good...
...Sistani's intransigence and insistence on the U.N.'s involvement forced Bremer to rip up his plans. In mid-January, Bremer flew to New York and met in the basement of the United Nations building with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Greenstock and several members of the Governing Council. Annan became convinced the Americans would defer to the U.N. on the transition to Iraqi sovereignty. Annan assigned his envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, to go to Iraq to help piece together the interim government and figure out whether direct elections were really feasible in 2004. Brahimi and U.N. election expert Carla Perelli...
...succeeds in restoring a measure of security and stability to the daily life of ordinary Iraqis he may well be rewarded for it at the polls. Despite the official rhetoric from Washington and London on Iraq's future, Britain's erstwhile top man in Iraq, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, last week offered the blunt assessment that "there is never going to be a Western-style democracy in Iraq." The danger, however, is that if Allawi finds himself at odds with large sections of his own people, the U.S. could find itself in an uncomfortable position of having to defend an unpopular...
...nourishing relationships with locals through constant contact and patient negotiation could help the Americans defuse violence - and obtain good intelligence if it breaks out. But British tactical advice isn't making much of a dent in the Yankee juggernaut. Frustration at this impotence is one reason why Jeremy Greenstock, the U.K. representative in Baghdad, declined Blair's request to extend his stay. It's a serious political risk for Blair to pledge more British lives in the cause of the Atlantic alliance when ambassadors and generals, to say nothing of polls, remind him his closeness to Bush is a political...