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Iraqi mullah with Iran ties to visit U.S.
Persian Journal ^ | Dec 1, 2006
Posted on 12/01/2006 8:22:30 PM PST by TexKat
Mullah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a top Iraqi Shiite leader with close ties to Iran, will meet with President Bush next week, the White House confirmed Friday. Mullah leads the powerful Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI, a rival group to the political movement led by firebrand Shiite mullah Muqtada al-Sadr.
U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the meeting was set for Monday.
"President Bush looks forward to an exchange of views and a discussion of important issues facing Iraq today," Johndroe said.
Also, a senior administration official said Bush will meet with a Sunni leader -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi -- in January at the White House.
The visits come against a backdrop of deadly Sunni-Shiite sectarian warfare in Iraq that has led some observers to say a civil war has engulfed the country.
Bush returned from a summit Thursday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan focusing on the deteriorating security situation.
Al-Hakim and Bush will discuss the political crisis in Iraq, said mullah's aide, Haitham Husseini.
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