Article: US enlists other nations in efforts to steer Iraqi government; The US cohosts a European conference Wednesday that could influence Iraq's emerging political landscape.(USA)

Byline: Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

BRUSSELS -- International conferences are often dismissed as gabfests with little impact, and the Bush administration has rarely looked on them favorably.

But the US attitude toward the international conference on Iraq set for this European capital Wednesday is different. The US believes the international community - and most notably the United Nations and the Europeans - can help influence Iraq's interim government at a crucial moment in that country's new formation.

The conference will highlight reconstruction, political reform, and the rule of law. Secretary of State ...

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