Monday 2 April 2012

Baghdad struggles within the Arab fold - FT.com


Pity Iraq. The Arab League summit was supposed to be its coming out party after years of occupation and war, and decades of brutal dictatorship. Baghdad spent a fortune to prepare for the show and planned it meticulously for months.
True, the Iraqi government can claim to have scored some successes. There was relatively limited violence during the event. And one key invitee – the emir of Kuwait – attended in a highly symbolic move, more than 20 years after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Iraq’s neighbour.

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