Powell pays first post-war visit to Iraq
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2003-09-14 16:31
Baghdad, Sept. 14,
(Xinhuanet) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell flew into Baghdad on
Sunday, his first visit to Iraq since the U.S.-led ouster of Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein five months ago.
Powell arrived
with little advance notice because of security concerns and traveled from Kuwait
aboard a C-130 military transport plane.
In
Baghdad, he is expected to confer with officials of the U.S.-led Coalition
Provisional Authority and with the Iraqi government that was formed in
July.
Earlier in Geneva, Powell defended the
continued U.S. domination of the political arrangements in Iraq. He met with
fellow members of the UN Security Council, several of whom are seeking a much
quicker transition to a government run by Iraqis than is contemplated by the
United States. Enditem (CRI)
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