ANALYSIS-Three years on, Iraq's future is shrouded in fear

[leftchick]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAR739871.htm

BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) - On the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion, forecasts of how Iraq will look three years hence range from gloomy to apocalyptic.

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Optimists allow that a unity government might work. Many analysts believe life will get little better. Some see disaster.

"The reconstruction is destined to fail," said Pierre-Jean Luizard, an Iraq expert at France's CNRS state research council.

"Iraq is condemned to an endless civil war."

For others, all that is certain is uncertainty.

"Never mind in three years, no one can predict what Iraq will look like in three months," said analyst Walid al-Zubaidi, noting the timing of a U.S. withdrawal was a major unknown.

[bemildred]

1. Can't have too much fear, that's for sure.

The more fear, the better.

[OKNancy]

2. Recommended

Good analysis article
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[Terra Terra]

3. And 5 years into his reign, our future is shrouded in fear too

"Never mind in three years, no one can predict what Iraq will look like in three months,"

Eerily similar to our own country