Issues of Global Import |
8 September 2003
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Abbas Quits PLO Premiership
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, handed in his resignation last week after just four months in the job. If proof were needed that the road map to Middle East peace is dead, this is the proverbial nail in the coffin. He was supposed to have been a moderate man with whom the Israelis could negotiate. It turns out he is a sensible man who quit a non-job.
Click here to read Kensington's Opinion.
Assassination of Ayatollah Hakim --Don't Blame US
Logic has never been a strong point among the religious hierarchy of any faith. A few rabbis, imams and the Jesuits have tried over the centuries to inject their beliefs with reason, but the results have been mixed at best. So, it was no surprise that, at the funeral of the murdered and martyred Ayatollah Baqr al-Hakim, the senior cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani blamed the Americans for his compatriot's death. It was, however, disappointing that the Ayatollah could not swallow his anger long enough to use his head. Click here for more.