IRAQ - Baker In Baghdad.Former US Secretary of State James Baker, who heads an independent panel charged with taking a fresh look at US policy in Iraq, on Sept. 1 held talks in Baghdad with Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi and Deputy PM Salam al-Zowba'ie. Both are members of the Sunni Arab minority who form the backbone of the insurgency in·sur·gen·cy n. pl. in·sur·gen·cies 1. The quality or circumstance of being rebellious. 2. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence. insurgency, insurgence 1. fighting to oust oust tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" Virginia S. Eifert. US forces from Iraq. Zowba'ie has been meeting Sunni tribal leaders as part of the Iraqi government's efforts to defuse de·fuse tr.v. de·fused, de·fus·ing, de·fus·es 1. To remove the fuse from (an explosive device). 2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile: the insurgency. Hashemi has been critical of the national reconciliation plan, saying it is vague and fails to set a timetable for a US troop pullout pull·out n. 1. A withdrawal, especially of troops. 2. Change from a dive to level flight. Used of an aircraft. 3. An object designed to be pulled out. Noun 1. . Baker also met with President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd. Baker, a close friend of the Bush family who served under President George W. Bush's father, sat silently at a news conference held after his meeting with Zowba'ie. |
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