What Iraq Needs Now
By JALAL TALABANI and MASSOUD BARZANI
July 9, 2003

ERBIL, Iraq


Some day, we Iraqis hope to celebrate an
Independence Day like the one Americans have just
observed. But for the near future we face the
challenge of translating liberation into democracy
— a goal we Kurds will push for even more
diligently now that we have agreed to join the
interim Iraqi administration that will be formed
this month. To that end, we will work closely with
the United States to establish security, revive
the economy and build a democratic culture.

Our aims may appear optimistic with American and
British forces struggling to establish order and
restore public services in some areas of Iraq. Yet
the picture is not quite as grim as some claim.
The assaults on American soldiers are not
"resistance to foreign occupation." Rather, they
are acts of terrorism by the Baathist remnants of
the Saddam Hussein regime. These remnants are so
reviled in Iraq that they have had to resort to
foreign volunteers, for few Iraqis will take up
arms on their behalf.

Since they lack the support of the people, the
Baathists will be defeated — a process that can be
accelerated if we establish a national security
force. That would be one major step toward making
Iraq safer.

But another security problem, widespread looting,
requires more than just better policing. The
looting has its roots in economic problems. Iraq´s
economy is largely moribund. The wages paid by the
coalition are often not enough to make ends meet.
Exporting oil will help, but what Iraq really
needs is comprehensive economic reforms to
encourage investment. We applaud the moves,
announced this week by American officials, to
create a new Iraqi currency and restructure the
central bank, as a welcome start to such
reforms....

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Och, nee, Abu, nicht schon wieder die beiden
Koofmichs!

Der Widerstand hat sich bislang hauptsächlich auf
sunnitische Gebiete beschränkt. Wenn es nur nicht
wieder ein frommer Wunsch der US-Regierung ist,
daß er von versprengten Baathisten komme.

Die Schiiten haben mit dem Widerstand noch gar
nicht angefangen. Die Fatwa ist schon da.

Iraq was a disaster waiting to happen since it was
created/MIScreated by the British 80 years ago.

The ´Lawrence Of Arabia´ legacy
Nov 13, 2002

"..The current Middle East crisis between the
Israelis and the Muslims is the result of some of
the most incredible blunders. But perhaps there is
no greater blunder than some promises made by a
British officer to a bunch of backward
camel-riding Arab Muslims from Western Arabia....

...Lawrence was moderately successful at gathering
a few feuding tribes of Arabia to attack and
pillage Turkish supply lines and attack Aqaba. He
convinced some to race to Damascus and enter the
city just ahead of the onrushing British Army. The
principle tribe was known as the Hashemites, who
were the guardians of the holy Muslim sites of
Mecca and Medina....

.....To make a long story short, Lawrence was able
to persuade the British - with the pressure of his
media popularity helping - to put together three
provinces of the old Ottoman Empire and make one
country called Iraq and give it to a Hashemite
prince named Feisal.

The people of these three provinces have hated
each other for centuries. Apart from a ruthless
dictator like Saddam Hussein, no one can keep them
together....""

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What Iraq needs is ...

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Arabs?

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