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| Axis of Evil |
| US invites Iraqi opposition leaders |
| 2002-07-27 |
| US authorities have invited six Iraqi opposition leaders, including the head of the main, Iran-based Shiite Muslim faction, to Washington for August 9 talks on the country's future. Also invited by the US State and Defense Departments are the chiefs of the two rival factions which control mainly Kurdish northern Iraq and leaders of the opposition in exile. Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Jalal Talabani, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, will be joined by Ahmad Chalabi and Al-Sharif Ali bin Hussein of the Iraqi National Congress, and Ayad Alawi of the Iraqi National Accord. The reported invitation follows the abrupt cancellation by exiled opposition members meeting in London on Friday of an expected announcement of a "provisional government", amid reports of splits in their ranks. Alright! Who's being the greedhead? A new government in Iraq is being planned as an alternative to the regime of President Saddam Hussein, according to press reports, with speculation rife that the United States is planning military action against Baghdad as the next target in its "war on terror". I'd tentatively guess that they're putting together a "government of national unity" that we can recognize. It can then ask us for assistance in ridding the nation of Saddam and his cronies. But that's only a guess... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |