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| Allawi's Visit to Saudi Arabia Aims to Return Iraq to Arab System- Sources |
| 2010-02-23 |
| A senior member of the Iraqiya List led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Allawi's visit to Saudi Arabia was aimed at "returning Iraq to the Arab system." Ayad Allawi's visit to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz caused controversy in Iraq due to its timing, coming only a few days prior to the elections, opening the door to speculation over the possibility that the Iraqiya List is receiving material support from Saudi Arabia. However Hassan al-Alawi, a senior member of the Iraqiya List who accompanied Ayad Allawi during his visit to Saudi Arabia denied that this visit had anything to do with the elections. In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday, al-Alawi said "if the intention [of this visit] was to obtain financing, it [the visit] would have taken place 6 months ago. It is not in the logic of the elections or the logic of accounting for a movement to be financed two weeks prior to the elections, there are regional countries that have financed their movements for two years, and built financing and assistance institutions and you will find they have more adverts and more election propaganda." Al-Alawi also clarified that Allawi's visit to Saudi Arabia as the head of an Iraqiya List delegation was equivalent to "a message [to the Arab world with regards to the near future, and this has nothing to do with the issue of financing or support for the elections, and these are things that need months to prepare." The senior member of the Iraqiya List also told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Iraqiya delegation fully understood the viewpoints that were presented to them with regards to the current reality in Iraq and the prospects for its future. He pointed out that the Iraqiya List "aims to obtain an Arab share in the situation in Iraq, and put a stop to any negative possibilities that may be generated as a result of the ambiguities that have appeared in Iraq in recent days, particularly as we approach the legislative elections."A senior member of the Iraqiya List led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Allawi's visit to Saudi Arabia was aimed at "returning Iraq to the Arab system." Ayad Allawi's visit to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz caused controversy in Iraq due to its timing, coming only a few days prior to the elections, opening the door to speculation over the possibility that the Iraqiya List is receiving material support from Saudi Arabia. However Hassan al-Alawi, a senior member of the Iraqiya List who accompanied Ayad Allawi during his visit to Saudi Arabia denied that this visit had anything to do with the elections. In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday, al-Alawi said "if the intention [of this visit] was to obtain financing, it [the visit] would have taken place 6 months ago. It is not in the logic of the elections or the logic of accounting for a movement to be financed two weeks prior to the elections, there are regional countries that have financed their movements for two years, and built financing and assistance institutions and you will find they have more adverts and more election propaganda." Al-Alawi also clarified that Allawi's visit to Saudi Arabia as the head of an Iraqiya List delegation was equivalent to "a message [to the Arab world with regards to the near future, and this has nothing to do with the issue of financing or support for the elections, and these are things that need months to prepare." The senior member of the Iraqiya List also told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Iraqiya delegation fully understood the viewpoints that were presented to them with regards to the current reality in Iraq and the prospects for its future. He pointed out that the Iraqiya List "aims to obtain an Arab share in the situation in Iraq, and put a stop to any negative possibilities that may be generated as a result of the ambiguities that have appeared in Iraq in recent days, particularly as we approach the legislative elections." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Dubai is not about Dubai, it's about Iran. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-02-23 03:34 |
| #1 Dubai. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-02-23 01:31 |