At 10:38 AM -0400 4/20/04, Joel Wendland posted:
Morning Star, 20 April 2004
We need support not a lecture
(Tuesday 20 April 2004)
Richard Bagley
INTERVIEW: Iraqi Communist SALAM ALI talks to the Star about the
challenges ahead and his party's strategy.
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One thing of which Ali is certain is that the US has been dragging
its feet on the training and equipping Iraqi security forces.
Washington has been slow at training and equipping Iraqi security
forces because it correctly believes that it can't trust Iraqis
trained and equipped by Americans not to turn their guns against
Americans rather than Iraqis.
Ali sees the UN as having a vital role, but argues that there is no
way that elections can be held until the security situation improves
- under adequate well-trained Iraqi forces.
Unfortunately for Ali, if Iraqis have to wait "until the security
situation improves" before holding elections, they may be waiting for
a very long time -- a long wait that will in itself become a source
of more anger and violence.
--
Yoshie
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