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| Iraqiya says Allawi to meet Mookie in Syria |
| 2010-07-19 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Al-Iraqiya bloc leader Iyad Allawi is scheduled to meet Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr in Damascus as the two were officially invited by President Bashar al-Assad for a visit to Syria, according to the bloc spokesman on Sunday. "Allawi and Sadr will exchange views regarding means to push forward the political process and consider ways to find a way out in the direction of forming a new government in Iraq," Haider al-Mulla told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Allawi's there to kiss the ring, is he? "Syrian President Assad had extended an official invitation to Iyad Allawi," Mulla added, not giving further details. Maybe he'll be there the same time as Hariri. They could get together to play cards or something. Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist Movement, had arrived in Syria on Saturday morning upon an official invitation from President Assad. "Hello? Is this the Boy President? Lissen, dis is the Ayatollah. Youse should invite young Tater to come for a visit... Yeah. We're thinkin' of makin' him a satrap, so youse should show him around. Let him meet Allawi, put the fear of Allah into him, y'know?" Assad had said on Saturday that his country fully backs the formation of a strong Iraqi government as soon as possible, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The Syrian leader expressed hope a unified stand would be reached soon among the Iraqi political powers to form a national government to bring about security and stability to the war-torn nation. The meeting between Assad and Sadr also deal with fraternal ties binding the two countries' peoples. Sadr expressed the Iraqis' appreciation of the stances adopted by Syria that has kept an open door for Iraqi citizens since the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. |
| Posted by:Steve White |