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"Now we are willing to countenance a limited theocracy in Iraq, limited by a
weak basic law that guarantees basic civil liberties," said the official, who
asked not to be named. "That was not the original idea."
"They can countenance the inside of my *****."
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"Now we are willing to countenance a limited theocracy in Iraq, limited by a
weak basic law that guarantees basic civil liberties," said the official, who
asked not to be named. "That was not the original idea."
Jew.
The sweeping vision of neoconservatives of a secular, democratic Iraq that
would transform the political equation in the region and recognise Israel had
been shattered, said the official.
Jew lie.
Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, a Shia cleric and leader of the Iranian-backed Supreme
Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri), is one of several names
circulating in Washington as a likely prime minister. Others include Adel Abd
al-Mahdi, the current finance minister and Sciri member, and Ibrahim
al-Jaafari, the current vice president and head of the Shia Dawa party.
Puppets.
Some leading neoconservatives in Washington are dismayed at the weakening of
secular moderates by the persistent Sunni insurgency. Richard Perle, former
adviser to the Pentagon, says the big mistake was not to have installed an
early government of exiles.
Jew.
Charles Krauthammer, a commentator, warned the Shia and Kurdish minority that
Jew.
the US was not ready to fight "their civil war" against the Sunnis
indefinitely. The US wanted to "maintain this idea of a unified, non-ethnic
Iraq". "At some point, however, we must decide whether that is possible and
how many American lives should be sacrificed in its name."
Experts on Iraq and the Shia at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a
leading neoconservative policy group, are still upbeat.
Jews.
They believe a Shia-led coalition that will oversee the process of writing a
constitution next year will remain democratic and make compromises. Although
religious, it will not be a theocracy because Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
the most influential spiritual leader, will stay in the background.
Despite the groups' ties to Iran and its Revolutionary Guards, they say Sciri
and Dawa are not beholden to the ayatollahs in Iran.
Michael Rubin, a former US adviser in Iraq and now an AEI analyst, predicts a
broad-based coalition with a "religious colouring".
Jew.
Mr Allawi, whose party has not yet managed to form a coalition slate, is
likely to lose out, says Mr Rubin, who believes Central Intelligence Agency
polling data overestimate the popularity of their protégé.
"The Bush administration sees Afghanistan as a success story and wants to
replicate it, but Allawi is no Hamid Karzai," says Mr Rubin, referring to the
elected Afghan president.
Reuel Gerecht, a former CIA operative who joined AEI, believes the US
Jew.
administration is prepared for a lot of Sunnis not to vote because of
intimidation or boycott. "But they are not fully prepared for the Shia
winning and Allawi possibly going down."
A Shia-led government would want US forces to continue fighting the Sunni
insurgents - until Iraqi security forces were trained in numbers.
Mr Hakim, recalls Mr Gerecht, encouraged President George W. Bush to stay the
course during their private meeting in the White House last January.
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and are revolted at the prospect," says Mr Gerecht.
A conference at the US Institute of Peace, which is assisting Iraq, heard
from experts and senior US and Iraqi officials this week that election
preparations were on track in all but three provinces. More than 4,000
candidates have registered so far.
Jews.
"It's time for these people to vote. And I am looking forward to it," Mr Bush
said in the Oval Office yesterday. "The elections should not be postponed."
Puppet.
Ronald Schlicher, the State Department's co-ordinator for Iraq, said the US
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would hav e to accept the results of a "credible" election.
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