[gilliam]

At an Iraqi university, a team is translating the great works of democracy into Arabic.

This is 2004 and no Arab has done this yet?

[mware]

Ahh, he just kissed the head (beret) of one of the female soldiers.

[epluribus_2]

bet they already have - It takes a Village and It All Began In a Place Called Hope...

It takes a Madrasa... to properly raise your mujahid.

[Steel Wolf]

At an Iraqi university, a team is translating the great works of democracy into Arabic.

This is 2004 and no Arab has done this yet?

Probably not. Fewer books are translated into Arabic than in any other major langugae. As I recall, the ratio isn't even close. Some Arabic speaking cohorts of mine report that bookstores in the Middle East are basically vendors for the Quran and Islamic related works.

This has been the trend for centuries. There are very, very few foriegn books available in the Middle East.

[cyncooper]

It was probably punishable by death...

There evidently is not a publishing house running them off in huge numbers, it at all.