 Britain's foreign secretary has told Iraqi leaders they must form a national unity government free of domination by a single group. Jack Straw said on Tuesday that the results of the 15 December parliamentary election indicated that the Iraqi people wanted a "broad government of national unity" to bring together "all the different elements" of Iraqi society.
| I didn't think they indicated anything of the sort. |
"It is a crucial moment today for the people of Iraq," Straw told reporters alongside President Jalal Talabani.
| I think the crucial moment came when the Sunnis succeeded in booming the Shiite shrine. Straw sounds pretty stoopid, calling for reconciliation before the corpses have cooled. |
"The international community, particularly those of us who played a part in liberating Iraq, obviously have an interest in a prosperous and stable and democratic Iraq."
| And the international Salafist community doesn't. But it takes less effort to squirt warm milk from the oozing udder of goodwill than it does to organize an international crusade against Salafism. |
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