01 March 2006

Iraqi Foreign Minister tells US to back off

the hits just keep on comin'... LA Times reports:
Iraq's foreign minister cautioned U.S. officials to take a "less visible, lower profile" in talks aimed at forming a new national government, as a surge in bombings Tuesday shattered a brief lull in sectarian violence. ~ "Because there is this tension and because any statement by [Americans] will be interpreted by one group or the other, it will backfire," Zebari said in an interview with The Times. "Such a statement will be read by the Shia that the American ambassador [is] siding with the Sunnis."

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