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Is fighting terrorism more important than engendering democracy?

It’s clear that people in the Middle East want democracy. Thousands of courageous people, Christians and Muslims alike, have paid dearly for speaking out against state oppression and religious fanaticism and for demanding political enfranchisement. These democrats hold the key to Arab world’s future and deserve America’s support. It’s also clear that Arab autocrats ­ …

Two down, one to go

Gunfire erupted across Baghdad on Tuesday evening in what was apparently celebratory fire to greet the news of the deaths. “Uday and Qusay are dead, we saw it on TV,” one man, Hassan Zaif, told AFP news agency after emptying the magazine of his Kalashnikov into the air. But Alaa Hamed, a producer at Uday’s …