Key players unite in bid to rescue Iraq

[Roland99]

Source: AFP via RawStory

A conference aimed at rescuing Iraq from chaos and bankruptcy kicked off Thursday in Egypt amid an unprecedented display of international unity.

Foreign ministers and top diplomats from more than 50 countries gathered in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to launch a five-year plan aimed at stabilising war-torn Iraq.

Participants were on Thursday expected to adopt the International Compact with Iraq (ICI), a five-year plan to stabilise the war-torn country and develop its moribund economy.

In his opening remarks, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he hoped the conference "will herald a new level in Iraq's relations with the world's nations."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Key_players_unite_in_bid_to_rescue__05032007.html

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This should have occurred about 4 years ago!!!

[katmondoo]

1. About time!

[hippiechick]

Can we have a conference to rescue the US from Chaos and Bankruptcy ?

Please ? :(

[jwirr]

2. How involved are we? It would not surprise me to see *ss & co.

sabotage this so they can continue their war - or take credit for this wonderful "peace" even though they were forced into it.

[rodeodance]

3. You mean that our LIBERATION did NOT save IRAQ???

[Jacobin]

4. Gee, why are they meeting in Egypt instead of Iraq?

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

[krkaufman]

5. What does al Sistani, or al Sadr, think of the conference?

This conference will have little effect, as all the countries will immediately go back to funding each of their sectarian proxies in Iraq.

[krkaufman]

6. It *did* happen 3 years ago...

From the article:

A similar gathering of Iraq's neighbours and key players with a stake in its future took place in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2004, but little progress ensued.