http://xrdarabia.org/2005/06/17/editorial-grounds-for-hope/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://xrdarabia.org/2005/06/17/editorial-grounds-for-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-866 John Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:09:27 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1014#comment-866 I'd submit that 80% of the problems in Iraq are coming from 20% of the country. Areas like the Shi'a south, around Basrah, are generally calm and infrastructure is being developed steadily. Baghdad and the "Sunni Triangle", though, are a mess. I’d submit that 80% of the problems in Iraq are coming from 20% of the country. Areas like the Shi’a south, around Basrah, are generally calm and infrastructure is being developed steadily. Baghdad and the “Sunni Triangle”, though, are a mess.

]]> http://xrdarabia.org/2005/06/17/editorial-grounds-for-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Tom Carter Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:43:20 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1014#comment-867 John, things are obviously not good in Iraq now. But we may be able to look back on this period and see that it was, in reality, the end-game. Your observations support this evaluation. John, things are obviously not good in Iraq now. But we may be able to look back on this period and see that it was, in reality, the end-game. Your observations support this evaluation.

]]> http://xrdarabia.org/2005/06/17/editorial-grounds-for-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-865 The Jawa Report Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:09:47 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1014#comment-865 <strong>Fatwas, Fatwas Everywhere and Not a One For Me! (Religion of Peace Update)</strong> There was an election in Iran yesterday, or what passes for an election in a country that proclaims my toilet paper (the Quran) to be the highest law of the land. Persians were asked to vote either for hard... Fatwas, Fatwas Everywhere and Not a One For Me! (Religion of Peace Update)
There was an election in Iran yesterday, or what passes for an election in a country that proclaims my toilet paper (the Quran) to be the highest law of the land. Persians were asked to vote either for hard…

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