moderate hat-eating
Hmm...I may have been a little hasty with that last post - the Israel reference in the ISG report has actually gone down quite well in many places. Here's Jordanian daily al Ghad
The report showed a deep understanding of the Middle East when it drew the link between regional conflicts. It was clear in its reference to the impact of the failure to solve the Palestinian issue on the situation in Iraq
[NB: I don't read Arabic: these iraq posts are beng put together with Google translate, Mark Lynch's bookmarks, this Iraqi blog, and whatever other snippets I can find]