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April 28, 2003
Release Number: 03-04-190


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


BAGHDAD MEETING POOL 2

More pool copy from Reuters correspondent Nadim Ladki at the political meeting in Baghdad:

More than 150 delegates milling around by 10:30

Delegate Zainab al-Suwaij, from American Islamic Congress. wore headscarf, said:

"We are here hopefully to put down the structure or agree on the skeleton of a government. We are here to represent Iraqi women, who have in the past played very little role in Iraqi politics."

Only a handful of women attending the meeting

Delegate Hussein Sadr, dean of Islamic Council in London, said:

"The people today after they were liberated from Saddam want security and stability. People want real participation. The people is the decision-maker. I am participating in this conference because those who are concerned with Iraqi issues must hear the voice of the people."