Khalilizad wants Iraqis to meet away from Baghdad
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad will try to persuade the country’s main political players to take part in a conference, possibly outside Iraq, where they might get the long-stalled political process back on track, Time magazine said on Thursday. Creation of a government is necessary for U.S. plans to draw down its 130,000-strong force in Iraq, he told the magazine in an interview. Full Story