Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 9

28-February-2005

Political Comment (28 February 2005)

President George Bush has been outlining his agenda for the Middle East during his tour of Europe. Syria is responding in its own way to international pressure to withdraw from Lebanon following the Hariri assassination. Kurdish demands in Kirkuk may be holding up the formation of an Iraqi government in the wake of the recent elections. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurai has failed in an attempt...