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| Iraq-Jordan | |
| 2 visions of Iraq fighting for control | |
| 2004-08-16 | |
| Vision One: With explosions outside rattling the windows, some 1,300 Iraqi delegates gathered Sunday in a Baghdad convention center for a three-day conference intended to resume the nation's fitful march toward a secular democracy. Vision Two: At the same time, some 85 miles to the south, Shiite militiamen in Najaf fought to defend cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who envisions a nation run similarly to the theocracy of neighboring Iran.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 But few outside observers consider this a representative gathering of the Iraqi people. Key players such as Mr. Sadr and the Muslim Clerics Association, an influential grouping of Sunni religious leaders, have boycotted the conference. Gosh...good reporting! Mr. Sadar has 'BOYCOTTED' the conference..... MM has so trashed their reputation that their spin is becoming funnier than their funny papers! |
| Posted by: B 2004-08-16 12:13:09 AM |