No Dinner for al-Maliki
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
NAUGHTY Dogg • Regrets: President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister (as of press time) Nuri al-Maliki are postponing their dinner, both citing big lunches. And, um, schedule changes. Also, the cancellation probably has nothing to do with the recently leaked confidential memo for the president that said al-Maliki couldn't put an end to his country's civil war. Yes, civil war.
• We're not the only ones who call it that: Former secretary of state and WMD intelligence fluffer Colin Powell said the violence in Iraq could be considered a civil war during an appearance in Dubai, so there.
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