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Hot Spots 4

Hot Spots 4. Southwest Asia Group 6. Introduction. Major issue Domestic Relations Minor issues International Relations Violence. Major Issue: Domestic Relations. Palestine Fatah and Hamas deal for unity government – too good to be true? “Quartet” will not accept proposed

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Hot Spots 4

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  1. Hot Spots 4 Southwest Asia Group 6

  2. Introduction • Major issue • Domestic Relations • Minor issues • International Relations • Violence

  3. Major Issue: Domestic Relations • Palestine • Fatah and Hamas deal for unity government – too good to be true? • “Quartet” will not accept proposed government • “What is happening now is a problem between the Palestinians themselves, and it is impossible for the Palestinian side to sit with the Israelis, as they are still not agreeing with each other.” – President Mubarak www.shanghaidaily.com/.../20070209_305832_01.jpg

  4. Major Issue:Domestic Relations • Iraq • Shiite cult leader plots to kill fellow Shiite clerics • Iraq refugee crisis • Sunnis vs Shiites • Lebanon • Pro-Syrian vs. Anti-Syrian influence • Government supporters vs. Hezbollah supporters • Anniversary of Rafik Hariri’s assasination – reminder of 15-year civil war? http://www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/images/8/85/Rafik_hariri_alta.jpg

  5. Minor Issue: International Relations • Iraq and Iran • US officials believe that Iran is providing Iraqis with weapons and explosives • “We deny such charges. We ask those who are claiming such evidence: Show the documents in public…It is not our policy to be involved in and hostile operations against coalition forces here…” - Washington Post http://img.servihoo.com/kinews/AFP/SGE.IBY91.140107213204.photo00.quicklook.default-245x189.jpg

  6. Minor Issue:International Relations • “The increasingly common arrangement for sick or wounded Iraqis to receive treatment in Iran is just one strand in a burgeoning relationship between these two Persian Gulf contries…Iran exports electricity and refined oil products to Iraq, and Iraqi vendors sell Iranian-made cars, air coolers, plastics and black flags, decorated with colorful script…” - The Washington Post

  7. Minor Issue: Violence • Iraq • Bodies of 14 policemen found near Baghdad • al-Qaeda-linked group kidnaps 18 interior ministry employees • Continuous EEP bombings • US soldiers enter Sadr City for house-to-house searches • Palestine • Suicide bomber kills 3 in Israel www.news14charlotte.com

  8. Minor Issue: Violence • Hope? • Possibility of factional violence (Hamas vs. Fatah) coming to end • Early February: deal between Fatah/Hamas for unity government “A Hamas-Fatah government should at least end the plague of factional violence” • Peace Rallies In Lebanon • Plan for Arab peace deal with Israel

  9. Minor Issue: Violence • Israel • May have violated US rules for cluster bombs • Israel/Iran nuclear tension

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