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Why democracy stirs in Mideast - -

By Howard LaFranchi

from the March 14, 2005 edition

Why democracy stirs in Mideast
The factors behind the political opening from Baghdad to Beirut, and beyond
| Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

 
The letters came from the Committee on the Present Danger - an international group established to support the war against terror - and carried the imprimatur of such figures as former Secretary of State George Shultz and "Velvet Revolutionary" Vaclav Havel.

One letter invited Egyptian prisoner Ayman Nour, leader of the political opposition party Al Ghad, to join the organization. The other asked President Hosni Mubarak for permission to meet with the jailed leader.

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