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| UN, OIC must send peacekeeping force in Iraq: today's Pak expert |
| 2003-04-15 |
| A veteran Pakistani politician on Tuesday asked the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to send a peacekeeping force to Iraq. In an interview with IRNA, Nawabzadah Nasrullah Khan, president of Pakistan's main opposition alliance, said that there would be no peace as long as US forces stayed in Iraq. He underscored the importance of the US-led coalition pulling out its forces, adding that the UN, OIC and Arab League should devise a joint strategy on restoring peace to the war-devastated country. That'll be just as successful as their joint strategies on dealing with Sammy, WMD, terrorism, and the common cold... "Restoration of peace is prime concern of the world body and in this connection, the US or any other country, no matter how powerful it may be, has nothing to do with this matter," was his firm view. That statement makes no sense on its face. On deeper consideration, it still doesn't make sense. Nawabzadah, president of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, contended that the US should stop interfering in Iraq's affairs and let the people handle the situation on their own. Just like they handled Sammy... He warned against the establishment of a puppet US-backed regime, and said that such a blunder would be counterproductive and further push Iraq towards chaos and anarchy, and destabilize the region. Didja ever notice that when you come upon a really, really stagnant pond, and you take a stick and stir it up, the first thing that hits you is the smell? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Now now, guys, there's a precedent for their demand: remember the bang-up job they did in Somalia when we turned it over to them early in 1993. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-04-15 18:25:15 |
| #2 JAB - Purrfect! |
| Posted by: PD 2003-04-15 16:13:22 |
| #1 "Arab League Strategy" is almost an oxymoron. But then again, so is "Arab League" as "league" implies cooperation and "Arab" doesn't. "Strategy" also kind of implies everybody is on the same page. |
| Posted by: JAB 2003-04-15 16:08:41 |