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...ites and the Kurds, many from the disgruntled Sunni political establishment refused to show up at all. And groups with support in restive western Iraq charged that the conference served only the interests of the Americans. "We consider it all as a U.S. plan to control Iraq," said Sheik Jawad al-Khalisi, chairman of the Iraqi National Establishment Conference, which includes Sunnis and nationalists...
...Israeli officials say they have no interest in giving Arafat another chance. Palestinian insiders think it is unlikely that Qurei, a former peace negotiator and longtime ally of Arafat's, will try to emerge as an alternative to him. "Qurei is no one's man," says Abdul Jawad Saleh, an independent member of the Legislative Council, "but as long as Arafat is in power, he's not going to cross the boss's red lines...
...Number of years that Jawad Amir hid inside the walls of his parents' house in Iraq to escape an execution order...
These days Palestinians celebrate the suicides in newspaper announcements that read, perversely, like wedding invitations. "The Abdel Jawad and Assad families and their relatives inside the West Bank and in the Diaspora declare the martyrdom of their son, the martyr Ahmen Hafez Sa'adat," reads a March 30 notice for the 22-year-old killer of four Israelis in a shooting attack. Palestinian children play a game called "Being a Martyr," in which the "martyr" buries himself in a shallow grave. And the job of bomber comes with established cash bonuses and health benefits for the surviving family. How else...
...Middle East, major credit for the Israel-Jordan peace treaty goes to the negotiators on both sides. But the U.S. worked effectively behind the scenes to encourage it. Says Jordanian Information Minister Jawad Anani: "The Americans never told us what to do, but in making suggestions here and there, they used their leverage to impress on the parties the need to come to an agreement." Specifically, a U.S. promise to forgive Jordan's debt, estimated to be as high as $1 billion, and to approve the sale of sophisticated military equipment to Jordan persuaded King Hussein to enter negotiations...