<!--StartFragment --> DUBAI (Reuters) - [size=-1]Iraqi President Ghazi Yawar said in remarks published Monday that long-term instability in his country could give birth to an "Iraqi Hitler" if citizens continued to feel humiliated and despondent.[/size]
<!--StartFragment -->[size=-1]Daily bombings and kidnappings have plagued Iraq since last year's U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein and the relentless Sunni-led insurgency has crippled reconstruction and development projects in the country. [/size]
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[size=-1]"This could in the long term create an environment in which an Iraqi Hitler could emerge like the one created by the defeat of Germany and the humiliation of Germans in World War I," Yawar told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. [/size]
<!--StartFragment -->[size=-1]Iraq's interim leaders have also come under fire for failing to reach out to some alienated factions and U.S.-led offensives on rebel-held cities have led to further divisions. [/size]
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[size=-1]Yawar -- a Sunni Muslim who was chosen for the largely symbolic post of president in June -- also urged Iraq's neighbors to break their "negative silence" about attacks in Iraq and play a positive role in helping stabilize the country. [/size]
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[size=-1]"When a fire breaks out in your neighbor's house you should act quickly to put it out, not only for the sake of your neighbor but also so that you are not forced to put it out in your own home when it spreads there," the president said. [/size]
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[size=-1]Earlier this month, Iraq and its neighbors made vague promises to improve security cooperation after a meeting in which Iraqi officials voiced growing frustration that neighboring states were not doing enough to halt the flow of people, arms and funds linked to guerrilla violence in Iraq. [/size]
<!--StartFragment -->[size=-1]Daily bombings and kidnappings have plagued Iraq since last year's U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein and the relentless Sunni-led insurgency has crippled reconstruction and development projects in the country. [/size]
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[size=-1]"This could in the long term create an environment in which an Iraqi Hitler could emerge like the one created by the defeat of Germany and the humiliation of Germans in World War I," Yawar told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. [/size]
<!--StartFragment -->[size=-1]Iraq's interim leaders have also come under fire for failing to reach out to some alienated factions and U.S.-led offensives on rebel-held cities have led to further divisions. [/size]
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[size=-1]Yawar -- a Sunni Muslim who was chosen for the largely symbolic post of president in June -- also urged Iraq's neighbors to break their "negative silence" about attacks in Iraq and play a positive role in helping stabilize the country. [/size]
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[size=-1]"When a fire breaks out in your neighbor's house you should act quickly to put it out, not only for the sake of your neighbor but also so that you are not forced to put it out in your own home when it spreads there," the president said. [/size]
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[size=-1]Earlier this month, Iraq and its neighbors made vague promises to improve security cooperation after a meeting in which Iraqi officials voiced growing frustration that neighboring states were not doing enough to halt the flow of people, arms and funds linked to guerrilla violence in Iraq. [/size]
