Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 9

27-February-2006

Political Comment (27 February 2006)

An attack on a Shi’a shrine in Iraq has fanned the flames of sectarian violence. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has visited Egypt, the Gulf and Lebanon. Iran and Russia are continuing negotiations on the Russian proposal to resolve the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear activities. 

Samarra Attack Escalates Sectarian Tensions

The Americans have on the whole been fairly...