Iraqi President to Visit U.S. Next Month

[cal04]

President Jalal Talabani will visit the United States next month to meet with
President Bush and lead Iraq's delegation at the U.N. General Assembly, Talabani's spokesman said Saturday.

Kamran Qaradaghi did not give an exact date for the trip but said Talabani will deliver a speech at the United Nations. It will be the Kurdish Talabani's first visit to the United States since becoming Iraq's president in April.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050827/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_president_1

(gee, wonder why he picked Sept to come)

[bribri16]

1. Which "President?" n/t

[Mark E. Smith]

2. Probably to beg for asylum

[Greeby]

3. Another installment of

Escape from Mess O'Potamia

[Jack1963]

4. Let me guess...

He will be given a "hero's welcome" by our leader, and paraded around the media to prove that democracy works. <sarcasm>

[earthside]

5. Around 9/11, No Doubt

Garsh ... da ya think he'll come sometime 'round September 11?

Da ya think he'll say somethin' about fightin' terraists in Iraq?