Agreement on pull out of foreign troops from Iraq-Tamimi

KUNA ^ | Nov 20 2005

[jmc1969]

CAIRO, Nov 20 (KUNA) -- Liaison officer of the Iraqi team of the wise Dr. Amer Al-Tamimi said Sunday, it was agreed to hold the wide-scale national reconciliation conference in Baghdad by end of February or prior to convening the Arab summit conference.

This came during a closed-door session held by the team but off the Arab League headquarters and attended by Secretary General Amr Moussa, representative of the UN Secretary General Ashraf Qazi and representatives of 16 Iraqi factions.

He told newsmen here today that during the session a solution was reached for the most critical issue that threatened to make the conference end in failure, namely devising a timetable for pull out of foreign troops from Iraq.

He said the pull out was linked to the re-building of the Iraqi forces.

[Congressman Billybob]

This is in the category of "So What?" The Sunnis ARE at this Arab conference in Egypt, with no official status whatsoever. The elected government of Iraq is NOT present. That gives you a clue about the legitimacy of anything that comes out of this process.

Congressman Billybob

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[Avenger]

Jalal Talabani, president of Iraq, was apparently there. He is a Kurd and seems like a fairly reasonable guy.