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Article: Find two Iraqis who agree; The Nasiriya meeting.(The Iraqi opposition meeting)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- April 19, 2003
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America's ring-holder realises what he has taken on
BY APRIL 15th, the first meeting of opposition leaders inside Iraq--originally billed as a significant step to producing a representative interim authority--had been reduced to what one American official described as "facilitating conversations among the Iraqis". The louder dialogue was between those Iraqis who accept the need for such "facilitation", and those who reject America outright.
The meeting itself, held by American invitation at an airbase near Nasiriya, went fairly smoothly. The 75 Iraqi delegates included prominent exiles as well as local tribal and religious leaders. A few coalition ...