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A couple of interesting Iraq stories surfaced that, for once, did not focus on war. ABC's Miguel Marquez joined Amb Ryan Crocker as he visited Ramadi, the capital of the Sunni-majority province of al-Anbar, a "city that is in desperate need of rebuilding" where "tribal leaders have decided to work with, not against, the Americans." Crocker listened as local politicians pleaded for funds and gave him "an earful of complaints" about the central government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Meanwhile, al-Maliki traveled for talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran, where, CBS' Jim Axelrod reminded us, the Shiite al-Maliki lived for part of his exile. Sunnis in Iraq are "furious" at the diplomacy, Axelrod added, seeing it as a "deliberate provocation." But what does President Bush feel about his ally al-Maliki talking to "a charter member of his Axis of Evil"? Axelrod quoted Bush's hypothetical reply: "If the signal is that Iran is constructive I will have to have a heart-to-heart with my friend the Prime Minister because I do not believe they"--the Iranians--"are constructive."
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