Integration Is the Key to Peace in Iraq.The Alternative Is Just Too Unpalatable
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THERE was no doubt yesterday about the most important story on British, or at least English, news schedules: the take-over of Manchester United. By contrast the on-going insurgency in Iraq barely rated a mention. While fans full of anger and sadness burned season-ticket renewal forms and effigies of Malcolm Glazer before batteries of cameras outside Old Trafford, in Iraq people wept over the remains of their sons and mothers and friends but the scenes went largely unrecorded and unremarked. Why? Bloodshed in Iraq has suffered the fate of all longrunning conflicts: it has become routine. Yet we are no nearer to finding a solution.
This week even US government spokesmen stopped claiming that the insurgency is waning. In fact, the opposite is true. In just over two weeks since the country's first democratically elected government was installed, more than 420 people have been killed and thousands injured by militants. Though nobody is admitting it formally, the chances of allied troops withdrawing from Iraq by the end of this year are about as likely as the tooth fairy taking over the Treasury.See the full content of this document
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Integration Is the Key to Peace in Iraq.The Alternative Is Just Too Unpalatable
The allies and the Iraqi security forces are fighting three distinct elements. There are the foreign fanatics, jihadis from countries such as Saudi Arabi...
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