(Washington Post) David Ignatius - This is the time of the assassins in the Arab world. On Monday they killed a brave Lebanese journalist who dared to tell the truth about Syria. This week in Iraq they will try to kill people who want to vote. The shame for America isn't that we have tried to topple the rule of the assassins but that we have so far been unsuccessful. It's easy to lose sight of what is at stake in this battle. But this week brings it back to square one: It's about breaking the power of the assassins.
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