The US and the Iraqi opposition

Well- informed sources at the Iraqi opposition told the Saudi daily al-Watan issued on Monday that high ranking officials at the US President George Bush administration started their contacts with selected figures from the Iraqi opposition to be acquainted with the observation on the performance of the former US administration in dealing with the Iraqi file.

These circles noted that President Bush's administration has started to make a comprehensive review for Washington's policy towards Iraq, including ways of dealing with the Iraqi opposition.

The circles added that Bush's administration stressed through two high ranking figures in the Congress who organized the contacts that the new US administration will be more interested in the Iraqi file than the former US administration.