IRAQ: INTO THE UNKNOWN

From: Middle East | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Darwish, Adel; Blanche, Ed; Seymour, Richard; Ford, Neil | Copyright information

President George Bush is insistent that the situation in Iraq is improving and the freedom promised to Iraqi citizens will finally be delivered with the holding of democratic elections later this month. All the evidence however, is to the contrary, the situation in Iraq is not improving; the country is in chaos and teetering on the brink of civil war. Without peace in Iraq there can never be stability in the region. In this special report The Middle East examines the prospects for an end to t...

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