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Todays News
Reconciliation Conference Highlights Iraq’s Deep Political and Religious Fissures
By Erica Goode and Ahmed Fadam (The New York Times)
posted on 03/19/08
It was billed as a national “dialogue” that would bring Iraq’s disparate and warring factions together to discuss their differences and emerge with a blueprint for peaceful coexistence.
But if the national reconciliation conference held here on Tuesday revealed anything, it was that the deep political and religious fissures that run through this battered country are nowhere close to healing. Three of the most important political blocs boycotted the conference.

