"Iraq latest crucible for Harvard mediation; Negotiations solve tribal disputes" by James F. Smith, Globe Staff | November 9, 2009
CAMBRIDGE - No longer locked in one big war, Iraq has become a land of a hundred little wars....
The Boston area has become a global hub for teaching conflict resolution theory and practice for uses in law, diplomacy, and business in farflung places....
Which is why the Globe brings you wars based on lies: it's good for the image.
Dispute resolution programs now offer master’s and even doctoral degrees at some campuses, among them the University of Massachusetts at Boston, MIT, Tufts, and Brandeis. The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is a renowned source of expertise in the field.
Then WHY is the world in SUCH a MESS!!!???
Conflict management experts from the Boston area also helped tackle vexing international stalemates, from Northern Ireland to South Africa, Kosovo to China.
Notice something missing there, readers?
No wonder that when the State Department wanted to encourage Iraq to move toward a culture of mediation and away from war, it turned to Conflict Management Group, or CMG, the nonprofit consulting firm....
So WHEN is AmeriKa going to MOVE AWAY from a CULTURE of WAR!???
Few countries have as much conflict to manage as Iraq....
Yeah, THANKS to the INVASION and OCCUPATION by AmeriKa!!!
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For a country in crisis with a recent surge in violence in daily attacks, the MSM has been lacking in coverage, huh?
Yup, it's ALL POLITICS!
BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers passed an election law last night, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the US troop reduction.
Who wrote that thing, anyway?
The vote was held during a rare evening session preceded by intense lobbying efforts by US and UN diplomats, who had grown increasingly frustrated by the sluggish pace of negotiations and the acrimony that characterized them....
So much for sovereignty, 'eh, Iraqis?
US Ambassador Christopher Hill said US officials were deeply engaged in the process....
Hill said the American troop withdrawal will proceed as scheduled. Military commanders have said it would start in earnest about 60 days after the vote. Under the president’s plan, all US combat troops will be out of the country by the end of August, leaving about 50,000 trainers and support troops, who in turn would leave by the end of 2011.
Yeah, whatever.
Yesterday’s session and the preceding weeks of tense discussions about the election law underscored the deep divisions and suspicion that characterize Iraqi politics. Several closed-door meetings and sessions ended abruptly amid shouting matches and walkouts - a potentially ominous sign of how difficult building a new government will be....
In a sign of the waning leverage of the US government, some lawmakers said they pushed back aggressively on what they saw as American meddling, and US officials were often scrambling to learn what had transpired at closed sessions and private meetings in recent days.
Right, but the DEAL WAS DONE! Do you have to lie in the SAME ARTICLE, MSM?
Some Sunnis were visibly angry after the session. They decried the resolution over Kirkuk and said the bill doesn’t do enough to give Iraqi refugees a stake in the political process....
In a statement on his website, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hailed the election law’s passage as a “historic victory of the will of the people,’’ and described it as a strong response to the people who are trying to undermine the country’s security.
See: Occupation Iraq: Resurrecting Saddam Hussein
Meet the new boss, 'eh, Iraqis?
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Update:
"violence down sharply nationwide"
TIRED of the LIES yet?!!!
