Fred Harteis News - Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said Tuesday that he would send envoys to neighboring countries to plan a conference on Iraq, adding momentum to calls for a regional approach to quelling the increasingly anarchic war here.

 

Such a proposal is already gaining attention in the United States, where the Iraq Study Group, headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, is expected to recommend on Wednesday that the American government approach Iran and Syria to seek their aid in ending the Iraq...   more »