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As long as US remains, Iraq's future uncertain
munaeem | 11 April, 2007 04:20
An editorial in Qatar's Al Rayah said the future of Iraq remained unknown and under threat, given the failure of each strategic security plan formulated by the George W. Bush administration and the Iraqi government.
There is no doubt, it added, that the Iraq occupation, based on twisted pretexts for war, was a strategic blunder from the start, and had brought the country only destruction instead of security and stability.
The pro-government daily argued that despite the failure of all the US security plans to deal with Iraq's crisis, and the growing anti-war pressure on the Bush administration, it still refused to set a timetable for withdrawal, deploying additional troops instead. Such actions, it stressed, would only lead to further security deterioration.
The paper urged Washington and its allies to provide a clear road map for Iraq, guaranteeing a scheduled withdrawal and the participation of the international community, so as to allow Iraqis to achieve a real national reconciliation, stability, and security - all of which had been absent for the past four years.
It also urged the Iraqi government to represent all Iraqis, and not merely standing for certain sects and groups. Without such plural representation, warned the daily, the country would become fragmented into mini-states.
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