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US invites Iraqi opposition to meet in Nasiriyah
LONDON (AFP) Apr 11, 2003
The United States has invited representatives of the Iraqi opposition to a meeting on Tuesday near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, a spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress told AFP Friday.

"I received an invitation from (US commander in the Gulf) Tommy Franks" to the meeting at a military base outside Nasiriyah, said spokesman Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein.

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