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| Iraq |
| Iraq Snubs Late Arab League Invitation |
| 2003-11-01 |
| Syria said Friday that it had invited Iraq’s foreign minister to a weekend Arab League meeting called to discuss the impact on Baghdad’s neighbors of the U.S.-led war that toppled Saddam Hussein. After Iraqi complaints about not being invited to the meeting that starts Saturday, Syria issued a last-minute invitation to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. But Zebari, reached by telephone in the Iraqi capital late Friday, said he had not yet received the invitation. ``Even if they have invited us, it is too late now,’’ Zebari said. ``We might not be able to go to Damascus for logistical reasons.’’ "So screw ’em and their mustaches!" Zebari said any meeting about Iraq should include Iraqis. That certainly went over the heads of all the other Arabs. Baghdad was expected to urge its neighbors at the meeting to work to stop the infiltration of militants into Iraq. U.S. officials have said foreign fighters may be behind a recent upsurge in attacks against coalition forces, international aid agencies and Iraqis in Iraq. Bushra Kanafani, spokeswoman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry, said Friday an invitation was extended to Zebari even though the meeting was ``not to discuss Iraqi internal affairs.’’ "Nah, we wasn’t going to talk about ’em, we was going to talk AT ’em!" |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Pretty poor fence mending by the Syrians. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-1 9:26:41 PM |