Arab League conference to help Arabs, US or Iraq?
azzaman: Arab League conference and Iraqi differences
Finally the Arabs have realized they needed to do something to help the war-torn Iraq out of its present calamity but it is difficult to see whether their efforts will bear fruit.
Negligent of the country's problems for more than two and a half years, the Arab League has recently decided to enter the scene as a major player.
The league's secretary general has visited the country along with several senior aides to prepare the ground for a conference on bridging the country's deep divisions.
So far their nonpartisan attitude and their attempt to listen to all sides, the envoys, representing the 22-member organization, have drawn praise from the various quarters.
But the conference on Iraqi reconciliation they intend to hold in Cairo or Baghdad will produce nothing if the parties stick to their declared stands.
There is nothing left for the conference to solve as since the political cooks in Baghdad have already enshrined their sectarian and ethnic interests in the passage of the new controversial constitution.
It looks as if the Arabs are more in need of this conference than Iraqis themselves. The media coverage it is going to generate, they hope, will distract attention from the crises they are encountering.
Many believe the Arabs' late coming to Iraq's help is more to please the Americans than a sincere desire to bring the country back on its feet.
National reconciliation would have been possible if Iraqis were pleased with the current status and had faith in the occupation.
There are so many question marks about almost everything currently taking place in Iraq. There is mistrust and suspicion of what is happening including this reconciliation conference.
The situation in Iraq is so tense. We are almost on the brink of a civil war. There is a lack of strategy which is encouraging many parties to simply play games for their own narrow interests.
Moreover, we believe it is superfluous to hold this conference as battles waged by the world's mightiest military power rage in several parts of the country.
The U.S. and world terror organizations have shifted their battles to the Iraqi soil in a dirty settling of scores. Disparate Iraqi groups are already at war with each other.
The conference will be mere rhetoric as the main players have already divided the Iraqi pie among themselves and no one is willing to compromise. Link
Finally the Arabs have realized they needed to do something to help the war-torn Iraq out of its present calamity but it is difficult to see whether their efforts will bear fruit.
Negligent of the country's problems for more than two and a half years, the Arab League has recently decided to enter the scene as a major player.
The league's secretary general has visited the country along with several senior aides to prepare the ground for a conference on bridging the country's deep divisions.
So far their nonpartisan attitude and their attempt to listen to all sides, the envoys, representing the 22-member organization, have drawn praise from the various quarters.
But the conference on Iraqi reconciliation they intend to hold in Cairo or Baghdad will produce nothing if the parties stick to their declared stands.
There is nothing left for the conference to solve as since the political cooks in Baghdad have already enshrined their sectarian and ethnic interests in the passage of the new controversial constitution.
It looks as if the Arabs are more in need of this conference than Iraqis themselves. The media coverage it is going to generate, they hope, will distract attention from the crises they are encountering.
Many believe the Arabs' late coming to Iraq's help is more to please the Americans than a sincere desire to bring the country back on its feet.
National reconciliation would have been possible if Iraqis were pleased with the current status and had faith in the occupation.
There are so many question marks about almost everything currently taking place in Iraq. There is mistrust and suspicion of what is happening including this reconciliation conference.
The situation in Iraq is so tense. We are almost on the brink of a civil war. There is a lack of strategy which is encouraging many parties to simply play games for their own narrow interests.
Moreover, we believe it is superfluous to hold this conference as battles waged by the world's mightiest military power rage in several parts of the country.
The U.S. and world terror organizations have shifted their battles to the Iraqi soil in a dirty settling of scores. Disparate Iraqi groups are already at war with each other.
The conference will be mere rhetoric as the main players have already divided the Iraqi pie among themselves and no one is willing to compromise. Link
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