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Wednesday Jun 27 2007

You’ll need it!

Blair as Middle East Peace Envoy Update:

The Sunday Telegraph Mideast Correspondent, Charles Levinson, makes the essential point on his excellent blog Conflict Blotter:

…But looking at Blair’s history as a supporter of the Iraq war or the Lebanon war or what have you, misses the point. What matters here are the powers and mandate granted Blair in his new post. Is he charged with brooking political divides and wrestling with final status issues? Or, as early indications suggest, will he be limited to economic issues, humanitarian problems and — everybody’s favorite Palestinian pastime — “institution building.”