Interstraw and Rice Join Forces to Put Pressure On Baghdad

Birmingham Post › April 03, 2006

Linked as:

Summary

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise trip to Iraq yesterday to prod the country's struggling leaders to end nearly four months of wrangling and form a new government.

"We're going to urge that the negotiations be wrapped up," said Ms Rice after flying overnight to the Iraqi capital Baghdad for meetings with the interim government and ethnic and religious power brokers.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Interstraw and Rice Join Forces to Put Pressure On Baghdad

Mr Straw said the choice of leaders was up to Iraq...

See the full content of this document