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Arab Foreign Ministers to Seek Halt to Iraq War
Arab foreign ministers will seek ways to end a U.S.-led war on Iraq at a meeting in Cairo on Monday, which diplomats said would try to bridge Arab divisions and forge a unified anti-war position. The meeting at the Arab League headquarters will also try to convince restive Arab populations their governments are doing their best to stop the four-day old war, which has provoked sometimes violent demonstrations across the Arab world, diplomats said. "The Arab foreign ministers want to see what steps can be taken to stop the war," Arab League spokesman Hesham Youssef said, adding the ministers would discuss a diplomatic initiative to try to stop the conflict through the United Nations.If anything comes out of it, it'll be the first time anything's ever come out of the Arab League since they started the '67 war... Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri, due to attend the meeting, said on Saturday his country wanted Arab states to take a "true Arab stand" against the war which he said would mirror sentiment on the Arab street. "So you guys get out there and make faces, dammit!" In Damascus on Sunday he said reports that Iraqi leaders had been killed during the war were "fables." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-23 |
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