Скачать или смотреть Bush's radio address focuses on Iraq plus Iraqi PM meeting Sadr City sheikhs

(2 Dec 2006)
Washington DC
1. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: (STILL of Bush during his radio address)
"Many people in our country are wondering about the way forward. The work ahead will not be easy, yet by helping Prime Minister Maliki strengthen Iraq's democratic institutions and promote national reconciliation, our military leaders and diplomats can help put Iraq on a solid path to liberty and democracy.The decisions we make in Iraq will be felt across the broader Middle East."
Baghdad
2. Sadr city Sheikhs holding a banner and chanting, pan to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walking out of government buildings to meet them
3. Various of al-Maliki greeting Sheikhs
4. Various of al-Maliki and Sheikhs during meeting
STORYLINE:
US President George W. Bush said on Saturday he understands that Americans are disturbed by persistent scenes of bloodshed and turmoil nearly four years after the Iraq war began.
Bush promised he is helping to put Iraq "on a solid path to liberty and democracy."
Bush returned on Thursday from an overseas trip that included a stop in Jordan to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
On Monday, he sees Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader of the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament, at the White House and next month is holding talks with Iraq's Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi.
"Many people in our country are wondering about the way forward," the president said in his Saturday radio address.
"The work ahead will not be easy, yet by helping Prime Minister Maliki strengthen Iraq's democratic institutions and promote national reconciliation, our military leaders and diplomats can help put Iraq on a solid path to liberty and democracy."
Bush added: "The decisions we make in Iraq will be felt across the broader Middle East."
The president is under pressure to decide a new blueprint for US involvement in Iraq where sectarian violence is on the rise and pushing the nation to the brink of an all-out civil war.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held talks with sheikhs from Sadr city.

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