Wonder if they’ll tangle with the new Iraqi FM?
An Arab League delegation is making the organization’s first official visit to Iraq since the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein. The delegation will meet with the U.S.-appointed Governing Council and tribal leaders to discuss security, reconstruction and other issues, league spokesman Hisham Youssef said from Cairo. The four-member delegation, which arrived Saturday, is led by Assistant Secretary-General Ahmed Bin Heli. The delegation will meet the Governing Council on Wednesday. Iraqi officials are expected to show the delegation evidence of human rights violations by Saddam’s regime.
Followed by some pointed questions about the complicity of the Arab League.
The Arab League, which groups 21 Arab nations and the Palestinians, objected to the U.S.-led war against Iraq and its members were split over how to treat the Governing Council. But in September, the league seated a Governing Council representative on a temporary basis.
The Arab League wants bygones to be bygones. I sure hope the Iraqis don’t let that happen right now. Make ’em squirm. |