Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Iraqi reconciliation

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C3D8B5FD-F86F-466F-BE97-BDAB4F5D1082.htm

'Iraq's parliament has passed a law that paves the way for members of Baath party to return to public life.'

Since the violence in Iraq has subsided to half-of-Venezuelas levels, the mainstream media outlets have not had much to say about Iraq. The two main preoccupations of these august institutions now seem to be whether/when violence gets back to smash-Bush-over-the-head levels, and the lack of any political progress (the glass isn't even half empty!).

So it was with great surprise (NOT) that I discovered that this highly significant piece of legislation had been passed, with very little opposition if Al-Jazeera are to be believed. This act, and the act which distributes the oil revenues between the various segments of Iraqi society were considered by the US government the keys to a viable future. So 50% of that legislation is in place, and the priority given to this story by the big media outlets? Undetectable.

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