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Dissolved Baath party threatens Arab summit
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The dissolved Baath party on Friday threatened to target the coming Arab summit if it is held in Baghdad. A statement from what is called the Armed Iraqi National Resistance, which was published on a website belonging to the Baath party, expressed hope that the Arab League would hold the meeting in another country until Iraq is freed from the "Parisian occupation."The statement threatened to attack the interests any country that insists on attending the summit with any representation. Iraq is to host an Arab summit on March 29, the first since the Arab Spring that swept away several leaders and brought Islamists to the fore. The last time Baghdad hosted a regular summit of the 22-member organisation dates back to November 1978, and Iraq was the venue for an extraordinary session in May 1990, just months before Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. A regular Arab summit was originally due to be held on March 29, 2011 in the Iraqi capital but delayed due to the turbulence of the Arab Spring that last year ousted long-term rulers of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. It was rescheduled until May 11 before being postponed for a second time. Posted by: Steve White 2012-02-25 |
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