Bush Will Meet With the Leader of Iraq’s Sciri Party
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
WASHINGTON — President Bush will wade into Iraqi Shiite politics today when he meets with the head of one of Iraq’s largest parties, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim today in a bid to bolster the burgeoning efforts of some Iraqi politicians to form a nonsectarian political bloc in Baghdad.
The meeting today is being spun by Bush administration officials as part of the president’s efforts to solicit advice from Congress, analysts, and the Iraqi government on a new Iraq war strategy. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and America’s ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, yesterday said Mr. Hakim, who heads the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, will be asked for his opinions on how to proceed forward.
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