Carlos Yordan, visiting assistant professor of government, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the transfer of power in Iraq and the importance of U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. According to Yordan, although Brahimi's claim that U.S. support for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has obstructed negotiations in Iraq sounds harsh, "it did resonate in the Arab world and in Iraq. The U.N. has to make it clear to Iraqis that its plan is designed to forward Iraqi interests and not necessarily U.S. ones."
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