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Apply Merkel's lesson in the Middle East
By Rami G. Khouri
Daily Star staff
Saturday, March 22, 2008

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It has been a busy week - the fifth anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq, Osama bin Laden's resurfacing with another audio tape threatening Western targets, sort-of elections in Iran, see-sawing global stock and commodity markets, a dramatic presidential primary contest in the United States.

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