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  1. Allawi says arring some major unforeseen event Iraq is headed for a statist economy.
  2. Allawi predicts parliament will survive in Iraq ut denocratic "habits of the heart" will be a long time coming, if at all.
  3. listening to Ali Allawi, former Iraqi minister of trade and defense at MFI.
  4. at mei. Karim Sadjadpour says recent events demonstrate fears that engagemen with iran would put cold water on the democracy movement unfoun
  5. Khalilzad is ootimistic about Iraq and would support a similar strategy in Afghanistan.
  6. I'm listening to Zalmy Khalilzad at MEI banquet
  7. Afghani activist Malalai Joya says: "To Help Women in Afghanistan–Get Out!" http://blog.minaret.org/?p=...
  8. mehrzad boroujerdi: iran wants to be one of the big oys in region but is denied the toys russia, india, isreal, pakistan, and US subs have.
  9. at the National Iranian American Council program on Capital Hill on human rights, diplomacy & sanctions
  10. Noman Benotman: Throughout the Arab world security is a negative concept; positive security, such as peace-building, are completely unknown.
  11. Robin Poulton: A gun-free Afghanistan is as out of the question as a gun-free Texas. Instead of prohibition we should speak of management.
  12. My interview with Swedish journalist Johan Arvidsson on "Economic Reforms for Iran" is available: http://blog.minaret.org/?p=...
  13. Saudi says they fight radical websites by blocking them an refuting them. Me: You cannot effectively refute an argument you have censored!
  14. Maj.-Gen. Stone: Due to detention reforms, the centers in Iraq are no longer radical recruiting grounds; not so in Afghani-run prisons
  15. Maj.-Gen. Stone carries three documents with him: the Declaration of independence, the Constitution, and the Qur'an.
  16. Major General Douglas Stone: The End state should be the marginalization of violent extremist Islamism. (I would add violent colonialism!)
  17. Karen Greenberg: The availability of halal food, satellite TV, and recognition of human rights of detainees makes a big difference.
  18. Karen Greenberg: Most former critics now see detentions in Iraq as justified rather than political.
  19. Peter Bergen: support for al-Qaeda is dropping becuase they have killed many Muslim civilians, have no positive vision & no political savvy
  20. I'm at the New America Foundation program on "al-Qaeda & its Allies: Endgame."