No charges, politics.

Submitted by Francis Brooke (Iraq), May 15, 2011 at 08:31

Baghdad, May 15 ,'11

Daniel,

I made and make no charges against you. I do not even comment on the MEK. I simply state the almost universal popular understanding in Iraq and explain its domestic political effect. I urge you to consider this factor in your campaign

I wish the members of Camp Ashraf well and hope they are resettled in a place of their choosing; as I said, even as citizens of Iraq

On the larger strategic question concerning Iran's regional influence, I suggest you consider the influence a democratic Shi'a Iraq with free media, free travel,and a free economy is having on Iran'sand the rest of the regions despot's failed polity.

These things work both ways.

Francis

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