Arab League Invites 100 Iraqis to Meeting

"CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The Arab League has invited about 100 Iraqi leaders to a weekend meeting in Cairo to prepare for an Iraqi reconciliation conference, including possibly some members of Saddam Hussein's former Baath Party, officials said Monday.

However, a top Iraqi Shiite leader insisted that no officials from Hussein's regime or the insurgency should attend the U.S.-backed gathering, leaving both the Arab League and the Shiite leadership in Iraq sharply divided on acceptable participants.

The league has said that members of Saddam's former Baath Party could attend the three-day preparatory meeting, which will also include members from Iraq's Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish communities."
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