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28-08-06, 09:34 AM
New British envoy says Iraq not in civil war
Reuters
Updated: 3:12 p.m. ET Aug. 27, 2006
BAGHDAD - Britain's new ambassador to Baghdad said on Sunday that Iraq was not in the civil war that his predecessor warned was a strong possibility.
But Dominic Asquith also said that the Iraqi government must consolidate recent progress in curbing violence in Baghdad and on reconciling rival sectarian and ethnic communities.
"The risk of a descent into civil war is clearly on many people's minds," he told a news conference.
"We are concerned about the extent of sectarian violence and that risk should concentrate the minds of political leaders."
But he said, "I don't think we're in a civil war." He argued that the Iraqi government and security forces were functioning.
"If we can consolidate the progress ... I feel optimistic," Asquith said. Pressed to forecast what would happen if the government failed, he said: "Let's hope we make the progress."
His predecessor in Baghdad, William Patey, confessed to being pessimistic about the immediate future of Iraq and, in a leaked diplomatic cable published by the BBC this month spoke of a low-level civil war developing.
"The prospect of a low-intensity civil war and a de facto division of Iraq is probably more likely at this stage than a successful and substantial transition to a stable democracy," Patey wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has invested much of his personal political capital in the occupation of Iraq.
Patey also said he had hopes that Iraq could flourish.
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My Views:
i believe you remember the 'prediction for love' as a shy person who cannot directly approach a person you 'adore' so you hold a flower and start pulling the colored leafs while you say " she loves me " no "she does not love me" this is how the gurus of prediction for the future of Iraq behave !
Don't you agree :D
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Reuters
Updated: 3:12 p.m. ET Aug. 27, 2006
BAGHDAD - Britain's new ambassador to Baghdad said on Sunday that Iraq was not in the civil war that his predecessor warned was a strong possibility.
But Dominic Asquith also said that the Iraqi government must consolidate recent progress in curbing violence in Baghdad and on reconciling rival sectarian and ethnic communities.
"The risk of a descent into civil war is clearly on many people's minds," he told a news conference.
"We are concerned about the extent of sectarian violence and that risk should concentrate the minds of political leaders."
But he said, "I don't think we're in a civil war." He argued that the Iraqi government and security forces were functioning.
"If we can consolidate the progress ... I feel optimistic," Asquith said. Pressed to forecast what would happen if the government failed, he said: "Let's hope we make the progress."
His predecessor in Baghdad, William Patey, confessed to being pessimistic about the immediate future of Iraq and, in a leaked diplomatic cable published by the BBC this month spoke of a low-level civil war developing.
"The prospect of a low-intensity civil war and a de facto division of Iraq is probably more likely at this stage than a successful and substantial transition to a stable democracy," Patey wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has invested much of his personal political capital in the occupation of Iraq.
Patey also said he had hopes that Iraq could flourish.
(c) Reuters 2006. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.
Link:
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14543898/
My Views:
i believe you remember the 'prediction for love' as a shy person who cannot directly approach a person you 'adore' so you hold a flower and start pulling the colored leafs while you say " she loves me " no "she does not love me" this is how the gurus of prediction for the future of Iraq behave !
Don't you agree :D
.