Saturday, June 10, 2006
Iraq: Telling the truth in the Arab world
Hoshyar Zabari, Iraq's foreign minister, revealed a grasp of right and wrong that occasionally eludes the Western chattering classes:
The US troops in Iraq do not carry out target killing of civilians in the war-torn country, Hoshyar Zebari, Iraqi Foreign Minister, has asserted.
‘The US forces do not kill civilians. Yes, civilians got killed in Haditha and other places but it is the terrorists who target civilians in Iraq,” said Zebari, to a question posed by Khaleej Times on measures adopted by his government to protect civilians.
Zebari was taking part in the first pan-Arab Broadcast Forum held in Abu Dhabi recently.
“More than 40 to 50 Iraqis are killed daily at markets, places of worship and gatherings due to suicidal terrorist bombings. This is the solid truth which journalists cannot beat us on," he added.
No matter how hard they may try.
Iraq now has just about the the most legitimate government in the Arab world, even if people the world over are reluctant to acknowledge that fact just yet. If Iraq's leaders tell truths in Arabic to audiences that have never heard such things before, democracy in that country may yet be the solvent Arabs need to cure the pathologies of their own political culture.
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Sun Jun 11, 10:36:00 PM:
It seems as if the adults have been put in charge in Iraq and they mean to take control.
