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To: Srexley who wrote (459580)	9/16/2003 11:17:58 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

Arab world split on volatile Iraq By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC correspondent in Cairo Torn for months over whether to recognise Iraq's fledgling Governing Council, the Arab League finally agreed to invite a delegation from the US-appointed body to take up Iraq's seat at a meeting of Arab foreign Ministers in Cairo on Tuesday. Interim Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari - who is an Iraqi Kurd - took his country's seat at the meeting, thereby settling weeks of internal wrangling over whether to recognise a body set up by the US-led occupation. Iraq's seat at the League has remained vacant since the fall of its Baath regime in April this year. The League had refused to recognise the Council as the legitimate representative of the Iraqi people, since it was not an elected body but hand-picked by the US-led administration. Arab states feared that this would bestow legitimacy on the occupation. The decision to invite the Iraqi delegation was the result of lengthy negotiations between the foreign ministers on Monday evening that continued well into the small hours. Pragmatism prevails It also reflects divisions within the Arab world regarding how best to deal with the volatile situation in Iraq. The fact that the Iraqi delegation is, for the first time in the country's history, led by a Kurd must have been difficult to stomach for an organisation built around the ideology of pan-Arab nationalism. In the end, the pragmatists prevailed over the ideologues. A combination of US pressure and fear of a spill over from continued instability inside Iraq to neighbouring countries may have played a part in the League's U-turn. Moderate Arab governments have been defending their change of mind even before it was made public. Statements from some Arab foreign ministers to the press have spoken of the risks of excluding Iraq from the Arab fold and the necessity of helping the brotherly Iraqi people in building their own independent future. But whatever the individual spin each Arab government will put on the League's U-turn, the decision will most likely be seen by observers as a reluctant acceptance of facts on the ground that the Arabs can do nothing to change the situation. Iraqi anger There is little doubt that the decision will anger the vocal opposition across the Arab world for any dealing with the council, which it sees as a US puppet. For such voices the League's decision will be seen as yet another example of Arab governments' acquiescence to US pressure. But many Iraqis have been angered by such voices. They accuse those opposed to the current political process in Iraq of being obstacles to building a new and prosperous country out of the ashes left by the legacy of Saddam Hussein's Baath regime. They say that, for the first time in Iraq's modern history, the country stands a real chance of being run by a truly representative government - including Kurds and the Shias - the two largest groups that have been excluded from power since the country became an independent state in 1932.

To: Srexley who wrote (459580)	9/16/2003 11:23:41 AM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

I must have missed that one. Any idea where they claimed it was his line? His handlers did. "Dean speaks forthrightly" I don't think Dean's intent is to hurt or mislead. If you mean the crack about Trent Lott, I doubt that misled anyone, and who would have been hurt, Lott? I doubt it. Yes, Dean is my favorite at this point. He's someone not infected with the scripted, robotic Washingtonian theft-fest that will bankrupt our country and cause riots in the streets.