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Wednesday 20/01/2021
A file photo shows anti-government protesters chanting slogans and holding a placard in Arabic that reads “Iran out, all Islamic parties I want my right” during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq. (AP)
BAGHDAD – A new political party recently established in Iraq called the “October 25 Movement” is provoking the anger of Islamist parties after adopting a secularist plank, daringly criticising Iran and expressing openness to normalisation with Israel.
The party’s Secretary-General Talal Hariri said his party “was established with a purely secular liberal vision that raised the slogan of the economy first and puts the aspirations of the Iraqi nation at the forefront.”
choosing those, we have one eye on the past and one that is very firmly set on the future. we are asking first what is the state of iraq today, how far towards the u.s. original goal of a functioning democracy has it come, and what is the outlook for this country in the region, for its neighbors, and that will be the subject of our first panel. we are then going to look at the economic costs of the war. you may remember the president bush s economic adviser was fired for predicting that the war might cost $100 billion to $200 billion. he was off by a factor of 10, and as we are going to hear and our second panel, made much more than that. finally, we are going to ask from the u.s. point of view, what are the geopolitical and military and strategic lessons in so far as we can see them from this near and far vantage point? what are the take-homes from this conflict? wonderfulsembled a first panel. i have no question that however much each of us knows about this conflict firsth