http://news.gourt.com/Analysis-and-Opinion.html en-us Copyright 2007, Gourt.com 2008-09-04T22:54+38:00 rtruog@gourt.com rtruog@gourt.com Analysis_and_Opinion RSS : Gourt hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/opinion/~3/136466034/chi-cartoons-storylink,0,3955617.storylink http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/opinion/~3/218309914/chi-zorn-link,0,2822778.storylink http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/opinion/~3/383230080/chi-kass-rnc-04sep04,0,2646817.column http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/opinion/~3/383230081/chi-bazer-htmllink,0,6377950.storylink http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/opinion/~3/383230082/chi-oped0904chapmansep04,0,3416151.column http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/opinion/~3/150591725/chi-editorials-link,0,7658810.storylink http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/383302709/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/383342097/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/383207820/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/383191638/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/380380298/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/382469930/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/383257654/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/382256273/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/382256274/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/381512245/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/382382124/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/381324582/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/381296476/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/382382125/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/382382126/displaystory.cfm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/economist/news_analysis_and_views/~3/380552831/displaystory.cfm http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/12/relaunching_the_roundup.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/12/jimmy_carter_palestinian_sympa.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/12/beyond_civil_war_lebanons_choi_1.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/world_opinion_roundup_hiatus.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/nasrallahs_brinksmanship_1.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/doubting_baker.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/futile_ritual_seen_in_us_veto.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/in_rumsfelds_fall_hope_and_rec.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/sandinistas_set_to_join_chavez.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/11/in_arab_world_bitterness_over.html?nav=rss_blog "Once again, a false victory in Iraq is exploited by the American establishment for the internal use," a commentator said in La Presse (in French), a pro-government daily in Tunisia. "Surprisingly, the condemnation of Saddam Hussein intervened just 48 hours prior to the November 7 mid-term elections. As expected, the White House congratulated itself, calling it a "historic day for the Iraqi people.'Spokesman Tony Snow said the sentence was 'absolute proof that there is an independent judiciary system in Iraq.'" La Presse expressed its doubt, quoting criticism of Hussein's trial from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and observing that "neither group can be accused of sympathy toward Saddam." In other coverage: European leaders are calling for the commutation of Hussein's death sentence to life imprisonment. Even Tony Blair, advocate of the U.S.-led overthrow, broke with the White House in opposing the ex-dictator's execution. Spiegel Online reported that Europe's position is both principled and pragmatic: "It is clear that the verdict and its possible application will contribute to and deepen the armed violence and the political and religious polarization in Iraq, bringing with it the almost certain risk that the crisis will spread to the entire region." Islam Online, the news site of Egyptian scholar Yusuf Qaradawi, sees the verdict feeding sectarian violence. "The timing while perhaps designed to serve a domestic agenda in the United States, could not be worse for Iraq," wrote Firas Al-Atraqchi, a Iraqi-Canadian correspondent. "It comes on the heels of the ever-growing civil war, the humiliation many Iraqis feel over the issue of the Iraqi flag being lowered from official buildings, the fracas over federalism, and the growing understanding that the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nur Al-Maliki has done little other than hand over the reins of security to the death squads." *** Tunisian journalist Hmida Ben Romdhane contributed to this post. Romdhane is the editor-in-chief of the international desk of the Tunisian daily newspaper "La Presse." 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