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Iraq to attend upcoming Arab summit

BAGHDAD, March 11 (UPI) -- The leader of Iraq's Governing Council, Mohammed Bahr el-Ouloum, will lead Iraq's delegation to the Arab summit in Tunisia later thi month.

Bahr el-Ouloum said Wednesday Iraq received an official invitation from Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Bin Ali to attend the summit on March 29 and 30.

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"We accepted the invitation and decided to participate with a high-level delegation," Bahr el-Ouloum said.

The invitation was given to Bahr el-Ouloum on Tuesday by special Tunisian envoy and Minister of Sports and Youth Ali al-Kaabi.

The delegation will include four council members -- Adnan Pachachi, Ahmed Chalabi, Ghazi Al-Yaro and either Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani or Jalal Talabani -- in addition to Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zibari.

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