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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Petraeus back from Baghdad
CIA Director David Petraeus has just returned from a quick visit to Iraq.
The trip was initially intended as a chance for Petraeus to thank the CIA team in Iraq as the US completed its withdrawal of forces, an official said.
The trip, though previously planned, comes as Iraq is mired in political turmoil.
The country’s Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, is in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region as he fights charges from Maliki’s government that he organized a death squad targeting government and military officials.
Petraeus, a former commander in Iraq, also met with the Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Speaker of the Parliament and Minister of Finance, both senior members of the mostly Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc, which Hashemi is also a member of. Petraeus then traveled to northern Iraq to meet with senior Kurdish leadership.
The content of Petraeus discussions were not disclosed. The CIA and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad would not comment.
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