ISTANBUL — An Iranian proposal for troops from Iran, Syria and other Arab states to replace U.S. forces in Iraq was swiftly rejected and ridiculed yesterday at a high-level gathering of Iraq’s neighbors and world powers.
At the second in a series of international meetings on Iraq’s future, the Baghdad government promised host Turkey to hunt down Kurdish rebels who attack Turkey from hide-outs in northern Iraq.
As top diplomats from two dozen countries and international organizations took turns to discuss how to improve Iraq’s security, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggested that a coalition from neighboring Arab states take over from U.S. forces, conference participants said.
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