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...Q: What you have just described would be difficult to achieve in almost any society. In Iraq, where, in addition to all the problems of normal multiethnic, multireligious society, you also have forces that are actively provoking division, is it even possible...
...Q: I want to start by asking the political situation in Iraq - about your efforts to shepherd Iraqi politicians towards a national-unity government. There's been a lot of dissonance recently; what we're hearing from the Iraqi politicians, in the public sphere, doesn't allow for much confidence that such a government is possible. If anything, since the events of Samarra, they seem to be farther away. I want to get a sense of what you feel, what has changed since Samarra and how that has affected your efforts...
...Q: How much harder have things become since the bombing of the Shi?ite shrine in Samarra? Is there less tendency for them to compromise...
...Q: I notice that the politicians seem to be back-tracking even on things that they had more or less agreed upon. For instance, this effort to unseat Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Before Samarra, it seemed the parties had come to the general acceptance that he was going to remain Prime Minister in the new government. Now there seems to be a strong effort to dislodge him, and that really angers the Shi'ite bloc...
...Q: You talked about building bridges among the political groups. One of the most noticeable changes I've seen taken place in the last few months, is how gaps are opening up in Iraqi society. In Baghda's mixed-sectarian neighborhoods, bridges that existed for hundreds of years have been broken. Neighborhoods are being divided along ethnic lines. People are leaving neighborhoods where they are the minority to go live in neighborhoods where they feel safer...