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Marina Ottaway, Omar Hossino
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The Iraq Stalemate
Responding to Congressional testimony by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Director of Carnegie's Middle East Program, Marina Ottaway, writes in the Guardian that despite success in dampening down violence in Iraq, the surge has done little to improve the political stalemate both in Iraq and the U.S. that continues to cripple substantive progress.
Published on Apr 10, 2008
Source: the Guardian
About the Author
Marina Ottaway
Former Senior Associate, Middle East Program
Before joining the Endowment, Ottaway carried out research in Africa and in the Middle East for many years and taught at the University of Addis Ababa, the University of Zambia, the American University in Cairo, and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.
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