What comes next for Iraq?

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Six months after US President W. George Bush declared an end to `major hostilities' in Iraq, the conflict continues and the country remains in turmoil. Resistance to the occupation is growing. Experts from several countries were asked if there is a solution, and if so, what it is?

THE GUARDIAN
Monday, Nov 10, 2003,Page 9

Improving security, establishing a stable government and reviving the Iraqi economy are the three key steps to resolving the crisis in Iraq.

One, security:

The facts speak for themselves. More than 260 coalition troops have died in Iraq since May 1. Suicide and roadside bombings continue and international organizations have been pulling out. All our experts agreed that the Americans had got it wrong. How to put it right was where they differed.

For Danielle Pletka, of the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute, improved security was a matter of being tougher. The US should "stop acting as a weak power, because that is what is giving encouragement to the terrorists," she urged.

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