Word: regionality
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...immediate withdrawal from Iraq with no residual forces because as he fully understands, what we lack in Iraq is political progress, and our military presence prolongs the violence. What we need in Iraq is a “diplomatic surge” and Richardson, who actually understands the region, is the best candidate to make this succeed...
...Despite personal opinion on the decision to invade Iraq, the alarming rate at which casualties have been escalating is undeniable. Though it was extremely unpopular at the time, in 2006 Sen. McCain alone offered his recommendation to deploy more troops to the region...
...with Israel's Channel Two TV, Bush acknowledged that Iran and its nuclear ambitions remains a threat to Israel, weighing even more heavily than the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. What to do about Tehran is very likely to top Israel's agenda with Bush during this tour of the region...
...contemporary American Democrat, the brazen U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has been an epoch-making event. Naturally, liberal politics has made the war its rallying point: Insofar as the catastrophic situation in the region correlates to the incapacities of the Bush coterie, a Democratic alternative is expected in the White House by January 2009, at which point liberals everywhere anticipate a decisive break from the follies of the past...
...taboo surrounding FGM until recently that even the Iraqi Kurdish authorities, largely supportive of campaigns against it, have sometimes been tentative in their resolve to take action. Since 14,000 people signed an April 2007 petition for a law against FGM, though, the mood has changed radically. Both the region's main parties have given their blessing to the law, and FGM is now openly discussed by the local media. Back in parliament, Pakhshan Zangana knows the law represents only the end of the beginning of this struggle. Her aim now, she says, is to end FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan...