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From the New Yorker:

[Carter] said that James Baker had asked him to testify before the group, but that he had declined. “I’ve been so adamantly opposed to the war, since before it started, that there’s nothing I could really add.” Still, he said, “I think it’s unquestionable—and I know how Baker feels, but I’m not going to say how he feels—that one of the main obstacles to any progress in Iraq is the lack of any progress in Palestine.”

I can't help but point to last night's NewsHour interview with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a leading Shiite politician in Iraq:

ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM (through translator): The Palestinian issue exists in the region, the Islamic and Arabic world as a problem. And there are resolutions and decisions by the United Nations, should deal with that problem. And I don't see any connect with that problem with the problems of Iraq.

The ISG report, incidentally, discusses al-Hakim, and his ties to Iran.

topics:
Islam, Iraq, Iran, United Nations