Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq today and urged the war-battered country’s fractious communities to bridge their differences before next month’s general elections.
Rice, kicking off a Middle East swing, flew in from Bahrain under tight security on a C-17 military transport plane with a full entourage of officials and press for her second visit to Iraq as chief US diplomat.
She landed in Mosul 500km north of Baghdad to confer with local leaders as well as US military and civilian officials and show the flag in a 32-month-old conflict that is increasingly unpopular at home.
Source: The Australian
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