Posted on 10/06/2006 12:06:51 AM PDT by HAL9000
Condoleezza Rice in Iraqi Kurdistan after Baghdad
ERBIL (Iraq) - the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived Friday morning at Erbil, principal city of Iraqi Kurdistan, for discussions with the president of the autonomous area of Kurdistan Massoud Barzani, noted a journalist of AFP.
Mrs. Rice had arrived Thursday to Iraq, in Baghdad, for a surprised visit intended to encourage the process of national reconciliation Iraqi, after visits in Israel and in the Palestinian territories.
The American Secretary of State must go to London later in the course of the day to take part in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers from the "Six" on the Iranian nuclear file.
Good to hear that she's visiting with the friendliest and most pro-American Iraqis around!! Thanks for this post.
The Strategy Page had a great article where they outlined the real truth behind the difference the Kurds have vs the rest of Iraq.
After the Kurds were removed from Saddam's control after the first Gulf War they had similar problems the rest of Iraq is having today, they fought and killed each other by the tens of thousands.
They figured out in time and with US and international help that working together and resolving problems without violence produces far more tangable results for all. However, it took them years to figure that out. However, it took years for them to figure that out. The Sunni tribes are just starting to figure that out in Iraq.
The Kurds have a decade head start on the rest of Iraq when it comes to being a democracy and working together.
ha, I copied and pasted a certain sentance twice in my last post.
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