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To: FaultLine who wrote (115406)	9/21/2003 5:42:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The only solution, is to forget the past, and disallow all old claims. Leave everyone in peace, on the turf they now hold. Stop any attempt by any nation, to take anyone else's land (again, defined by present ownership). That's the only practical solution. Convincing the winners of the recent generations to follow this policy should be relatively easy. Convincing the losers, that's the trick.

To: FaultLine who wrote (115406)	9/21/2003 10:56:24 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Five senior Iraqis on the (Governing Council) unveiled a radical proposal for tackling security: most US troops would withdraw to bases outside the major population areas, passing responsibility for security to the Ministry of the Interior. One of the five, Massoud Barzani, of the Kurdish Democratic Party, who hosted the meeting, has said US forces were seriously mistaken in trying to become a 'front-line' occupation force. He has major support. In attendance at a meeting last week were Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK); Iyad Alawi, head of the National Accord; and Adel Abdul Mahdi of Sciri, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Hashimi too had given notice in recent weeks that she believed that the council should assert its own authority with the US-led occupation, apparently telling a group of colleagues: 'Rights are taken, not given.' observer.guardian.co.uk My comment: In order for Iraqis to take over internal security now, they would have to "deputize" the Kurd and Shiite militias, and deploy them into the Sunni areas.