] "It is sad and pathetic that the eyes of the entire world
] are upon the Palestinian and Iraqi elections that will be
] held under the lances of foreign occupation, while the
] peoples of the 'independent, free, and sovereign' Arab
] countries have no way of expressing their will. It is sad
] and pathetic that certain countries today are treating
] the Iraqis with the cheapest kind of political hypocrisy,
] even though no one heard any particular Arab protest
] during the time of the regime of the mass graves [i.e.
] during Saddam's rule].

Some interesting (and encouraging) Arab viewpoints here.