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  • 'Misunderestimating' Bush's Iraq

    08/19/2006 1:30:45 PM PDT · by pppp · 28 replies · 1,044+ views
    Asia times on line ^ | 19.08.2006 | Sami Moubayed
    'Misunderestimating' Bush's Iraq Amid all these problems, there is the danger of the "Hezbollah model" being adopted in Iraq. Muqtada, who has been a nightmare for the Americans since they invaded, has all the credentials to create such an organization in Iraq, modeling himself after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Muqtada is young. He is well connected in the religious establishment, he hails from a prominent Shi'ite family and he has a large following among Iraqis. Like Nasrallah, he is opposed to both the US and Israel. Like Nasrallah, he is an Arab nationalist at heart who does not want to...