| Taken Questions Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC September 9, 2002 Question Taken at September 9, 2002 Daily Press Briefing Iraq: Results of "Future of Iraq" Working Group on DemocracyQ: What can you tell us about the results of the Future of Iraq Working Group involving Iraqi oppositionists in the U.K. on September 4-5? -- On September 4 - 5 a group of more than 25 Iraqi oppositionists, intellectuals, and independents convened in Surrey, England, U.K. for the first meeting of the "Democratic Principles" working group. This was the fourth working group convened as part of the first six "Future of Iraq Project" working groups. -- Representatives of various opposition groups attended and contributed, including the Iraqi National Front, the Iraqi National Accord, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Constitutional Monarchy Movement, Iraq Turkoman Front, Iraqi National Movement, Alliance of Iraqi Tribes, Iraqi Forum for Democracy, Iraqi National Coalition, Representatives of the Assyrian Community, and the Iraqi National Congress. -- This event featured a very constructive and informative discussion among the participants regarding the specifics of democratic principles in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, and what we can do now to prepare for Iraq's evolution towards democracy in a post-Saddam world. We and the participants will be studying the results of this conference, and will be discussing possibilities of convening a second meeting of this working group to further explore the ideas discussed. |
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