Iraqi Speaker Decries US "Butchery"

He also criticised US support for Israeli attacks against Lebanon. The two-day conference, which was originally supposed to be opened by Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, will address the issue of dealing with the crimes of previous regimes and a plan to reconcile warring factions. The prime minister is expected to name a reconciliation committee on Saturday. Al-Mashhadani told the audience of UN officials, foreign experts, Iraqi politicians and civil society representatives that the Iraqi people had little use for foreign advice on running the country or for foreign-sponsored conferences. Anecdote "If a reconciliation project is going to work it has to talk to all the people," he said. "It must go through our Iraqi beliefs and perceptions. What we need is reconciliation between Iraqis only, there can be no third party." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/07234B82-C3F3-4F27-B401-8BC50A43F541.htm

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