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Arab League Says Iraq Belongs in Group
The Arab League's secretary general said Friday that Iraq belonged in the 22-member bloc, hinting that that it might be ready to accept U.S.-backed interim Governing Council as Iraq's legitimate government. Amr Moussa said the issue of whether to accept the council and let it participate in future meetings would be discussed before the next Arab League meeting begins Tuesday in Cairo. "I leave that to the council of ministers, but Iraq is an Arab country, a member state of the Arab League and its membership has not been abolished or suspended," Moussa said on the sidelines of a conference on Lake Como. Iraq's seat on the 22-member council has remained empty since Saddam Hussein's ouster, as the Arab League has refused to recognize the governing council — dismissed by many in Iraq and across the Arab world as a puppet of U.S. and British occupiers.Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-09-05 |
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