Iranian, Iraqi, and Syrian Presidents to meet to discuss ending violence in Iraq.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Looks like the regional governments are saying they don't need the American geniuses to settle the problems in their countries.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_061120165753

BAGHDAD, Iraq -
Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken
Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region, four key lawmakers told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has accepted the invitation and will fly to the Iranian capital Saturday, a close parliamentary associate said.

The Iranian diplomatic gambit appeared designed to upstage expected moves from Washington to include
Syria and Iran in a wider regional effort to clamp off violence in Iraq, where more civilians have been killed in the first 20 days of November than in any other month since the AP began tallying the figures in April 2005.

The Iranian move was also a display of its increasingly muscular role in the Middle East, where it already has established deep influence over Syria and Lebanon.

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1. I believe this is Baker's work

He just got back a couple of weeks ago from Syria and Iran. I wonder what thumbscrews he applied in getting these guys to get together. How conveeenient that suddenly now, the two biggest sponsors of the insurgency in Iraq (Syria and Iran) are going to make nice.