Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented

[rodeodance]

gawd, it this guy cracking up or what??



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092401660.html?hpid=topnews
Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented
Maliki Also Plays Down Iran's Influence

By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 25, 2007; Page A15

Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.

"I can't say there is a picture of roses and flowers in Iraq," Maliki told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. "However, I can say that the greatest victory, of which I am proud . . . is stopping the explosion of a sectarian war." That possibility, he said, "is now far away."

While political reconciliation is not yet complete, he said, progress is being made. "Reconciliation is not a decision that can be made, but a process that takes continuous efforts and also needs strategic patience," Maliki said.

He said cabinet ministers who have left his government in protest will be replaced, and he expressed confidence that the Iraqi parliament will pass legislation that he, the Bush administration and Congress have demanded.

[Dhalgren]

1. The Prime Minister of Iraq - "Baghdad Bob Maliki"...

[Jim__]

2. I'm glad he said the Iranian intervention has ceased to exist.

That takes away one of bush's excuses for bombing Iran.