premise: The visit, planned in secret to protect him from attack, came as the Iraqi government held fresh peace talks to fend off civil war.
  The national reconciliation conference began Saturday and marked the first attempt by the coalition government to draw former members of ousted leader Saddam Hussein's armed forces and Baath party into the political process.
  But only a small number of representatives from movements outside the political process turned up, and the proposals which working groups suggested will have to be ratified by the cabinet or parliament.
  "The only important practical measure recommended by the conference is paying sizeable pensions to former soldiers," Naseer al-Ani told AFP.
  "Other than that, participants reiterated slogans about national unity and expressed good intentions for reforms that will have to be approved (by government and parliament)," said Ani.
   What could be expected to happen after the Iraqi government held fresh peace talks?
hypothesis: fend off civil war