24 October 2006

An Iraqi parrot

You learn something everyday. I wouldn't have thought that Iraq was an appropriate environment for parrots (I'm thinking lush and tropical) until I stumbled on this quote from Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih.

"I do believe there is no option for the international community to cut and run. The fate of Iraq is vital to the future of the Middle East and the world order."

I wonder where he picked that up. For all I know "cut and run" is an everyday idiom in Arabic. Probably not though.

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