A U.S. congressman headed to Iraq said Friday his trip could initiate a dialogue and avoid U.S. military action. Nick Rahall, a West Virginia Democrat, said he planned to propose a dialogue between the Iraqi National Assembly and U.S. legislators in a bid to cool the escalating tension between Iraq and the United States. "These kind of discussions are fruitful in order to give peace a chance," Rahall told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his hotel in Damascus, Syria. Rahall, who is of Lebanese descent, was scheduled to fly to Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, late on Friday...
