Re: change of mind NJC

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There's an article in today's Observer that talks about the democracy issue in post-war Iraq, and it's exactly what everyone has feared - that the Americans are going to screw it up under the influence of the CIA. See http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,896611,00.html

The article is by an Iraqi democrat, Kanan Makiya, author of the famous "Republic of Fear", the first expose of the torture in Iraq, which he had to publish initially using a false name. He's a great Iraqi thinker, exactly the type of person the American government should be promoting. More on Makiya at http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,714231,00.html, and more on the Iraqi National Congress at http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,684005,00.html. The latter two are written by Nick Cohen, a leading leftwing journalist in the UK who is pro-war and pro-democracy.

Sarah