Iraqi Leaders Sit Out Meetings with Arab Ministers

by Peter Kenyon, NPR

Leaders of Iraq's interim government boycott a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, where the agenda includes Iraq's growing sectarian conflict. Iraqi officials were angered by remarks from Egypt's President Mubarak, who said Iraq's Shiites are more loyal to Tehran than to Baghdad.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, April 12, 2006