00852pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002600040245005100066260000900117300001600126362001000142520050400152650002800656773003400684180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMuralidharan, SuKumar  aIsrael: an equal partner in occupation of Iraq  c2004  ap.4517-520.  a9 Oct  aThe US occupation of Iraq and Israel's continuing subjugation of the Palestinians have much in common. Two parallel military occupations, a striking symmetry in military tactics, a  similar inattention to the plight of the victims, and an excessive solicitude towards the misfortunes of the aggressors. But then the two countries share an intimate strategic relationship going back so long, that it would be unusual if they did not learn and benefit from, and even emulate, each other. - Reproduced.  aInternational relations  aEconomic and Political Weekly