Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 44

2-Nov-2009

Political Comment (2 November 2009)

Suicide attacks in Baghdad have cast doubt on the Iraqi authorities' ability to guarantee security in the absence of American troops. Palestinian President Mahmud 'Abbas has abandoned attempts to reach a modus vivendi with Hamas and unilaterally set a 24 January date for elections in the West Bank and (theoretically) Gaza. Iran has replied to the latest international plan to ship its uranium abroad for...