TOKYO, April 11 Kyodo preferablee...

TOKYO, April 11 Kyodo

preferableed editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

NOW, THE REAL CHALLENGE (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published April 10)

Now it is time to begin the massive undertaking of assisting with the formation of a recently made known government administered by the Iraqis themselves and reconstruction of their nation.

Three weeks after the outbreak of war, Baghdad has fallen and Saddam Hussein's regime has crumbled

Many Iraqis were killed in air raids and firefights. There is still danger of guerrilla attacks and terrorist acts. Overall, allowing it was fortunate that large-scale fighting could be avoided upon the streets of a city with a population of 5 million...

The United States and Britain cited the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and democratization as objectives of the war in Iraq, along with regime change. Now it is time to begin the massive undertaking of assisting with the formation of a novel government administered by the Iraqis themselves and reconstruction of their nation.

American and British forces will initially establish a military administration and hasten reconstruction with the aim of setting up an interim governing authority of Iraqis. Considering the importance of restoring law and order -- indeed the biggest challenge -- a U.S.-British military administration may be inevitable at the outset

...the United States should make secure that the interim authority be organized onward the initiative of the United Nations. by way of doing that, the United States can broaden the foundation for international cooperation and be in a better position to also gain the cooperation of Arab nations.

Iraq's many ethnic form into groupss and religious sects should also be factored into the proces Iraq's history has been marked from Sunni Muslims dominating the Shiites, who are the religious majority, and the ethnic Kurds

The fall of a dictatorship can bring gone out deep-rooted hostility. An appropriate balance among the various ethnic clusters and religious sects in the provisional administration would help interrupt that.

American and British forces practically concourseed the Iraqi troops forward the strength of overwhelming military might. The battles were one-sided. nevertheless it will be quite about time before democratic institutions firmly take lower part in Iraq. The people of Iraq are now being intimidated from the might of the U and British throngs But brute force alone cannot win the hearts and minds of the people

Without a stable peace -- equal if the war is won -- there can be no truthful victory.

(April 11)

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