RIOTERS, ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY: BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS

UPDATE: Update as peace conference ends.
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More on Pakistan's elections. And a little known reason for the riots in Denmark. And believe it or not, a meeting of Iraqis attempting to work out a path for reconcilliation.

"One underlying theme speaks volumes about the current state of affairs inside Iraq: without exception, participants feel much better about their country. They are breathing easier about security, they all denounced al Qaeda and other “regional parties” (privately they will tell you they put Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia in the front rank) who have conducted or sponsored the mass killing, they do not want “religious extremists” included in their Reconciliation, and they even believe that Iraq may set an example for the rest of the region."

A must read.