The US president, George Bush, made his first visit to Baghdad's green zone today, in a trip so secret even the new Iraqi prime minister was kept in the dark.
Nuri al-Maliki was not told that Mr Bush was in the country until five minutes before they met. The Iraqi prime minister was invited to the US embassy on the premise that he would be taking part in a video conference with Mr Bush at the presidential retreat of Camp David.
If you were in charge of Iraq wouldn't you want as few surprises as possible?
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