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Calls for international cooperation in the effort to stabilize Iraq following the Iraq War of 2003. Lack of direction and increase in violence in Iraq; Turn of public opinion in the United States against the war; Need to alter the strategy and tactics for constructing a stable, representative government in Iraq; Arab anger toward the United States and its efforts in Iraq; Need to involve regional governments in Iraq's reconstruction; Increased resources of international cooperation.

Focuses on the history of violence in the Middle East after the 1973 October War. Mismatch of Israeli defense tactics and offensive capabilities with Palestinian resistance with nonlethal force; How street battles set the stage for confrontation in the Middle East; View that the Palestinians made a strategic mistake using mob violence in fall 2000 and that Israel will use intelligence assets and movement controls to minimize further incidents.