Iraqi leaders vow support for Abbas

BAGHDAD — Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, visited Iraq for the first time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, meeting with Iraqi leaders yesterday to garner support for the Palestinian leadership and Iraq’s Palestinian community. The latest in a long line of Arab leaders who have come to Iraq to show encouragement for the Iraqi government, Abbas met with the president, Jalal Talabani, and the prime minister, Nouri Kamal al-Maliki,…

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