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POLITICS-IRAQ: CRISIS GROUP SEEKS 'CLEAN BREAK' IN U.S. STRATEGY.
by Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Warning that Iraq faces "complete disintegration into failed-state chaos," the International Crisis Group (ICG) is calling on the United States to make a "clean break" in its strategy for both Iraq and the wider Middle East region.
In a report released Tuesday, the Brussels-based group endorsed many of the key recommendations submitted two weeks ago by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG), headed by former secretary of state James Baker and former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton, including initiating direct talks with Iran and Syria, as part of a regional effort to stabilize Iraq.
But the 44-page report, "After Baker-Hamilton: What to Do in Iraq," stressed that some of the ISG recommendations are "not nearly far-reaching enough."
It criticized, in particular, the ISG's characterization of the current government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "broadly representative of the Iraqi people" and its recommendation that Washington work to strengthen it.
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