U.S. Agrees to Meeting with Iran and Syria

Washington Post ^ | February 26 2007

[jmc1969]

The Bush administration has agreed to sit around a negotiating table with official representatives of Iran and Syria next month -- as part of a planned regional conference in Baghdad to discuss ways to stabilize Iraq.

In joining the Baghdad conference, the administration is tiptoeing into what has become one of the most contentious issues in the roiling Iraq debate. Critics for months have been urging the administration to end its diplomatic isolation of Iran and Syria and begin a constructive dialogue with them about how to stabilize Iraq. Even former secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who has generally supported administration policy on Iraq, argued in an op-ed piece last weekend that it’s time to end the diplomatic quarantine and convene an international conference on Iraq.

The initial meeting, tentatively planned for the first half of March, will be at the ambassadorial level, the State Department official said. The American representative will be Zalmay Khalilzad, the current U.S. ambassador to Iraq, or his successor, Ryan Crocker. Khalilzad has long favored direct meetings with Iran. If the initial meeting goes well, a second meeting at the foreign minister level is planned for April.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS,,,Sometimes I think Navy.mil is two sailors playin'
"BattleShip" with this "shell-n-pea" game that they play LOL;0)

[El Gato]

Sometimes I think Navy.mil is two sailors playin' "BattleShip" with this "shell-n-pea" game that they play LOL;0)

The problem is they don't have enough peas.

[FreeReign]

Good post.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

The problem is they don't have enough peas.
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Got That Rite,,,USAF stuff movin' up,,,

USN stuff movin' back,,,

so,,,,,,,,,?...WTH ??

[El Gato]

I haven't a clue what you mean by that post. Could you expand upon it a bit?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Got That Rite,,,USAF stuff movin' up,,,

USN stuff movin' back,,,
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sorry,,,It was posted somewhere around here that bombers
were moved from Diego Garcia to an air base in a Gulf state
don't know which one,,,

The Navy has pulled the "troop~carriers" back from the Gulf area(Navy.mil)some ships have been moving for days,,,

That was yesterday,,,clicked on this mornin',,got feb 26
list,,,clicked refresh,,,got feb 27 list,,,posted on FR,,,
One carrier showed as being "in" the gulf,,,
clicked refresh again,,,got feb 26 list again showing them in the Northern Arabian Sea,,,???(messin' with me)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784403/posts

post # 1418
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I know this stuff(Navy.mil) ain't "On The Money" stuff
but it's been real close in the past,,,

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Now it shows Feb 27,,,it's baaaaack !!
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - Persian Gulf
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) - North Arabian Sea
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LOL;0)