Thread: Iraq/Dinar Until June 9th 1PM CST

Talabani returns home on Saturday Sulaimaniya - Voices of Iraq

Friday , 01 /06 /2007 Time 1:20:44 </B>

By Awat Ali Sulaimaniya, June 1, (VOI) – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will return home on Saturday from the United States after a two-week recuperative trip,(NOTE: REMEMBER HE ORIGINALLY HE WAS GOING TO STAY ANOTHER WEEK) a source close to the Iraqi presidency in Sulaimaniya said on Friday.

"President Talabani was scheduled to return on June 8 but the date was changed after he finished all necessary checkups in the United States," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) by telephone.
The source denied that Talabani's visit to the United States was "just for losing weight," adding "the visit was to have his general health examined."
Talabani met with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington on Thursday to discuss with him developments in national reconciliation in Iraq and planned amendments to the law on debaathification.
Talabani left Sulaimaniya on May 20 for the United States for a checkup in Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Iraqi and foreign mass media had said Talabani might stay in the United States for nearly three months to lose some weight and avoid work pressure for a while.
The Iraqi president was admitted into al-Hussein Medical City in the Jordanian capital Amman on February 25 after suffering from an indisposition.
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TIE THIS IN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT

Bush said he was sending the White House national security council's top hand for Iraq and Afghanistan, Meghan O'Sullivan, to Baghdad to help US Ambassador Ryan Crocker work with Iraqi leaders on making political progress.
"She's going back to serve with Ambassador Crocker to help the Iraqis and to help the embassy help the Iraqis meet the benchmarks that the Congress and the president expect to get passed," said Bush.

JUST A THOUGHT:

MAYBE SOME CRITICAL VOTES COMING UP OR LAWS TO BE SIGNED AFTER THE NEXT PARLIAMENT SESSION: 5 June 2007?
AND/OR MS O'SULLIVAN (A White House Lead Person on IRAQ and answering only to Mr. Bush) is gonna be kickin some behinds next week because Bush is going to take a personal hand in getting these benchmarks done. AND/OR BOTH.