Vice President Cheney meets with King Abdullah U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with Saudi leader King Abdullah in Riyadh , the capital city of Saudi Arabia  today. The Vice President is seeking the Sunni royal family's influence and tribal connections to calm Iraq after an especially violent week. The Middle East has another summit planned for today but in Tehran. Iran, the United States' top rival in the Middle East, had planned its own summit today, inviting the presidents of Iraq and Syria in what was seen as a bid to assert its role as a powerbroker in the Iraqi conflict. Syria never responded to the invitation and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was unable to go to Iran today because Baghdad's airport was ordered closed after the burst of violence, and he said he would be unable to visit Iran before Sunday at the earliest.
 U.S. Dick Cheney met with Saudi leader in , the capital city of Saudi Arabia , today. The Vice President is seeking the Sunni royal family's influence and tribal connections to calm Iraq after an especially violent week. The Middle East has another summit planned for today but in Tehran. Iran, the United States' top rival in the Middle East, had planned its own summit today, inviting the presidents of Iraq and Syria in what was seen as a bid to assert its role as a powerbroker in the Iraqi conflict. Syria never responded to the invitation and Iraqi President was unable to go to Iran today because Baghdad's airport was ordered closed after the burst of violence, and he said he would be unable to visit Iran before Sunday at the earliest.
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