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Shi'ite Leader Rejects Annan Idea For Iraqi Conference
December 02, 2006
SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim (file photo) (epa)
Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, whose Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) runs a Shi'ite militia backed by Iran, said today the suggestion is "illegal" and "unrealistic."
Annan said last week an international conference on Iraq could be useful if the groundwork was carefully prepared and all the political parties could be brought together somewhere outside Iraq.
Al-Hakim was speaking at a news conference in Amman, Jordan.
(AP)