Word: shying
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...letter. In May the Committee had given Iraq a negotiating window to present an argument for dissolving its national panel or remedy the situation, but said the government had failed to comply. (The speculation is that "political interference" is shorthand for what is believed to be the predominantly Shi'ite government's appointment of co-religionists to replace the mostly Sunni membership of the Iraqi Olympic committee...
With respect to Iraq, I think the conversations we had at the end of the day with the governors in Anbar or elected officials in Anbar or the tribal leaders in Anbar really gave you a sense of how close to the surface the animosity between Sunnis and Shi'as remains. The way that the [Sunni] tribal leaders and the provincial officials describe the Shi'as in Baghdad was indicative of a deep-seated lack of trust. And the fact that the violence has lessened and that [al-Qaeda in Iraq] really has been routed does not answer the larger...
...finally with respect to Iraq, I think the conversations we had at the end of the day with the governors in Anbar or elected officials in Anbar or the tribal leaders in Anbar really gave you a sense of how close to the surface the animosity between Sunnis and Shi'ites remains. ... The way that the tribal leaders and the provincial officials describe the Shi'ites in Baghdad was indicative of a deep-seated lack of trust. And the fact that the violence has lessened and that AQI [Al-Qaeda in Iraq] really has been routed does not answer...
...Israel could hardly have been greater. The very fact that the Israeli government had to barter for the return of two soldiers captured in July 2006 by Hizballah was disappointing enough. The Israeli government had launched a 33-day war to regain its lost boys and destroy the Shi'ite militia but failed on both counts. Moreover, the fact that the two soldiers were returned in black coffins left many Israelis bitter about the price paid by their government: the release of five dangerous militants and the return of the remains of 185 others...
...shi yuan,” he cajoled...