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SLUG: 2-297504 Iraq Opposition (S)
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DATE=12/16/2002 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAQ / OPPOSITION (S) NUMBER=2-297504 BYLINE=MICHAEL DRUDGE DATELINE=LONDON CONTENT= INTRO: Iraqi opposition groups meeting in London have extended their debate on who should get seats on a committee to plan Iraq's political future if President Saddam Hussein is deposed. Correspondent Michael Drudge reports from London. TEXT: Conference spokesman say the meeting was deadlocked Monday over who should sit on a coordinating committee that could become Iraq's transitional government if Saddam Hussein is removed from power. There was also debate on whether a post-Hussein Iraq would be a republic or a constitutional monarchy. Delegates say this is the sort of healthy democratic debate they would like to have someday in Baghdad. Mustafa al-Qazwini is a Shi'ite Muslim delegate at the conference. /// AL-QAZWINI ACT /// This is a healthy sign. We are talking about democracy and in order for us to establish a real democracy in Iraq we have to discuss all things. /// END ACT /// On the sidelines of the conference, American officials are trying to help mediate the disputes. But the Iraqis insist the final outcome will result from their own initiatives. (Signed) NEB/MWD/KL/KBK |
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