Okay, so the iraqi leader was about to meet up with the leaders of Syria & Iran, a move the US didn't appove of. If they make peace, the US conquest to manage their resources will likely end. So, the day the Iraqi leader is to leave to meet, the worst string of violence in Iraqi history.
Car bombs. Everywhere. Hundreds dead. The leader cancels his trip. The nations do not unite.
is this fishy? We don't want this meeting to happen, suddenly, lots of bomb attacks and we order the airport closed.
Baghdad still under curfew as president calls off Iran trip
Baghdad is under curfew for the second straight day after an explosion of violence killed hundreds of Iraqis and forced President Jalal Talabani to delay his much-anticipated visit to Tehran.
At least 300 people have died since Thursday's wave of car bombings in the politically sensitive Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City killed at least 202 people in the war-torn country's deadliest attack since the US-led war in 2003.
The massive outbreak of insurgent and sectarian killing forced the authorities on Thursday to impose an indefinite curfew on Baghdad, the epicentre of carnage in the country.
The airport was also closed Saturday, forcing Talabani to postpone his trip to Tehran to discuss the country's security situation with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Talabani said that he will make the trip when the airport reopens. His talks in Iran are expected to focus on engaging the former foe to play a greater role in helping to curb the raging bloodshed in Iraq.
"If it is open on Sunday, I'll go then," Talabani told reporters after a meeting of the Political Council for National Security late Friday.
His meeting with Ahmadinejad will come in a rapidly changing regional political environment, with Iraq already obtaining assurances from its western neighbour Syria that it will combat trafficking of militants across the border.
On Tuesday Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem visited Baghdad and restored ties with Iraq after a 26-year break, also pledging to help in stabilising the country.
The growing warmth between the three nations comes as Washington is to clarify its stand on the role Iran and Syria should play in Iraqi affairs.
The US is under pressure from within as well as from strong ally Britain to allow Tehran and Damascus to help Iraq tackle the crisis that threatens to descend into all-out civil war.
President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are due in Jordan on November 29 to thrash out new strategies for Iraq, especially after growing calls from Democrats -- newly victorious in mid-term congressional elections -- to bring the US troops home.
