While the Credentialed Media, and, let’s face it, bloggers too, concentrate on the race for the White House, things are still going well in Iraq. In this case, a visit
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora vowed on Wednesday to strengthen ties with Iraq, calling for it to be “reintegrated into the Arab world”, as he became the second Arab leader to visit since Saddam Hussein’s fall.
Siniora arrived in Baghdad for talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki just nine days after a flying visit to Iraq by Jordan’s King Abdullah.
“The reintegration of Iraq into the Arab world is the principle objective that we should all work for,” Siniora told a joint news conference with Maliki in Baghdad after talks in the Iraqi capital.
Washington has been pressing Arab states to embrace the government in Baghdad, which has complained of being spurned by the rest of the Arab world.Â
Well, at least Reuters covered it. Can’t find any other news sites that have picked the story up, though.
Having Iraq recognized is a good thing. Having it integrated in the Arab world is a good thing. Having it integrated into the Islamist world would be bad.
Let’s hope there are a few more visits and recognition upcoming.
