Iraqis Say Rice Trip Stiffened Premier's Resolve to Stay

Their arrogance is beyond all bounds, they just do not learn do they. Butt out, you have caused enough chaos and death for the people of Iraq,

Iraqis Say Rice Trip Stiffened Premier's Resolve to Stay

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 5 — The visit here this week by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart, Jack Straw, only served to stiffen the resolve of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to retain his post, prolonging a deadlock in the formation of a new government, a top aide to Mr. Jaafari said today.

The aide, Haider al-Abadi, said the visit was ill-timed, counterproductive and what he called "naked intervention."

"Pressure from outside is not helping to speed up any solution," he said. "All it's doing is hardening the position of people who are supporting Jaafari."

He added, "They shouldn't have come to Baghdad."

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