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February 26, 2006

Left Cult members may need to hold off booking the hall for the Schadenfreuda Ball

Iraq pulls back from civil war.

TOP Iraqi leaders have vowed national unity as they sought to pull their nation back from the brink of civil war.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, President Jalal Talabani and a host of Shiite and Sunni leaders met at Mr Jaafari's house yesterday for the first time since communal violence was ignited by the bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra on Wednesday.
"All the leaders felt a need to accelerate the political process and proposed to sign a national pact between all the different political factions," Mr Jaafari said later.

"If I have any good news it is that Iraq is far away from a civil war. There is no Shiite against a Sunni or a Muslim against a non-Muslim . . . the name of Iraq is above everything."

The talks came after US President George Bush phoned seven Iraqi political leaders encouraging them to work together.

(h/t Little Miss Attila)

Posted by Darleen at February 26, 2006 03:08 PM

Comments

Don't count on it. Both sides are at each other's throats. Based on past behavior they will be more than happy to engage in a civil war to attain a sectarian advantage.

Posted by: Carl W. Goss at February 26, 2006 10:33 PM