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| Arab League Says Iraq Belongs in Group |
| 2003-09-05 |
| The Arab League's secretary general said Friday that Iraq belonged in the 22-member bloc, hinting that that it might be ready to accept U.S.-backed interim Governing Council as Iraq's legitimate government. Amr Moussa said the issue of whether to accept the council and let it participate in future meetings would be discussed before the next Arab League meeting begins Tuesday in Cairo. "I leave that to the council of ministers, but Iraq is an Arab country, a member state of the Arab League and its membership has not been abolished or suspended," Moussa said on the sidelines of a conference on Lake Como. Iraq's seat on the 22-member council has remained empty since Saddam Hussein's ouster, as the Arab League has refused to recognize the governing council — dismissed by many in Iraq and across the Arab world as a puppet of U.S. and British occupiers. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Seems to me the Governing Council is finding its voice and balls and impish sense of humor. They will find a way to get back at the Arabs for the past 30 years. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-7 3:49:48 AM |
| #2 Sending a Kurd amusing? Hell that’s down right brilliant! I would also send an Assyrian to be his deputy! I call it my 1-2 diplomatic punch! Suck on that Arab league! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-5 5:55:39 PM |
| #1 The thing I find amusing? The Governing Council is apparently threatening to send a Kurdish member to represent Iraq at the Arab League. The TNR tool threw in the obligatory "Chalabi-stinks" sniff, but I still think the idea of sending a Kurd to the Arab League is damn amusing. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2003-9-5 4:37:04 PM |