UN Iraq Envoy Calls Israel Policy Biggest Poison, Ha'aretz

NB: Lakhdar Brahimi (former Algerian Foreign Minister and an Arab nationalist) is the figure promoted by the State Department to oversee the development of a future Iraqi government, and the White House has signed on to that. Is this really what we want? April 23, 2004 Report: UN envoy to Iraq

Michael Rubin, Catastrophic US Concession to Baathists, NRO

National Review Online April 23, 2004 Catastrophic Concessions The Coalition dances with the devil. By Michael Rubin Local humor reflects society. Within Iraq's Shia community, there is a popular joke: Saddam dies and enters a special prison in hell for worst 100 offenders of all time. Residents