Sunday January 9, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

The Arab League is supposed to meet in Iraq on March 23. This would be the first time since 1990 that the Arab League will meet in Iraq. But the meeting is in question.

Arab League sources may say that the meet will go on as scheduled, but that statement is highly unlikely.

There are 2 issues that suggest that now is not the right time to hold the meeting in Iraq.
1- There is a shortage of hotels in Iraq that are at a level high enough to service Arab League events and representatives.
2- Al Qaeda has threatened to attack the League meetings and anyone and any group attending. At this point in Iraq's history a threat like that is very hard to defend against and must be taken very seriously.

We often focus on security issues related to the US and other Westerners in Iraq and on general threats from al Qaeda. This is a perfect illustration of just how much internal, Arab vs. Arab, conflict there is in the Middle East.

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