He does not address -- and this is a significant omission -LRB- no doubt resulting from the timing of the book 's publication -RRB- -- recent developments in the Middle East , most notably the elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories , the fall of Lebanon 's pro-Syrian government and the highly provisional stirrings of democratic change in places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia .
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