Poland officially announced today that they will pull out the rest of their 1700 troops in Iraq by the end of 2005. That is when the UNSC mandate for foreign troops in Iraq ends. Once Poland is out, that leaves the UK, Korea and the US with the largest contingents in Iraq… it will be …
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Saudi Cleris discourage forced marriages
Good news for social change in Saudi Arabia today: the kingdom’s mufti, Sheik Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik, issued a statement saying that coercing women to marry was “un-Islamic” and “a major injustice.” this from the CBC There is always all this talk that in order to bring democracy and “freedom” to a country, one has to rise …
Time to Help
While much of Iraq is still a mess 2 years on… the fact remains that it can be fixed. The insurgency is not insurmountable, the situation is not hopeless. There are ways out of this mess, but it requires a change in tactic by the US and Iraqi government. This fact is not only being …