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...same time, Rice held the door open for members of the Sadrist movement to come back into the political fold as well. Al-Sadr is unlikely to allow his political loyalists to rejoin the government, which he has been boycotting for months because of its association with the Americans...
...Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates brushed aside suggestions that U.S. or Iraqi forces would move to arrest Sadr himself. Sadr, Gates said, should rejoin the political process rather than waste away in jail. "He is a significant political figure," Gates said of Sadr. "We want him to work within the political process. He has a large following. It is important that he become a part of the process, if he is not already...
...strength in Mosul. In the 2005 elections, many Sunnis across Iraq simply did not participate, a defiance that left them dejected and marginalized - and susceptible to the embrace of insurgent elements. Petraeus and other American officials in Baghdad think Sunnis will take part in elections this time and rejoin the civic process rather than rage against it. "They want their seats at the table back," Petraeus says...
...this straight: Serbia and Montenegro were all that remained of Yugoslovia after Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina seceded during the Balkan Wars of the '90s. Then Montenegro declared independence in 2006. Kosovo seceded from Serbia last Sunday, and now the northern region of Kosovo wants to secede and rejoin Serbia. I don't have a dog in this latest fight - or even understand it much - but if someone wants to quit the firm, it seems to me you ought to let him go. The tension arises, of course, because the ones eyeing the door usually want to take...
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy has indicated that he wants to loosen Paris's longstanding ties to African nations with dubious political credentials. He has also suggested he wants France to rejoin the NATO integrated military command that President Charles De Gaulle pulled out of in 1966. "Europeanizing" France's military presence in Africa is seen as helping Paris towards both those goals. Sarkozy says he wants to beef up the E.U. defense capacities, and having an E.U. mission in Chad is one way of encouraging that. He also says an independent E.U. defense capability is the price for France rejoining...