The Arab League has invited about 100 Iraqi leaders to a weekend meeting in Cairo to prepare for an Iraqi reconciliation conference, including possibly some members of Saddam Hussein’s former Baath Party, officials said Monday. However, a top Iraqi Shiite leader insisted that no officials from Hussein’s regime or the insurgency should attend the U.S.-backed gathering, leaving both the Arab League and the Shiite leadership in Iraq sharply divided on acceptable participants. Full Story
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