Islamic leaders to meet in attempt to allay war

ISLAMIC leaders will gather in Qatar tomorrow Wednesday for an emergency summit in yet another 11th-hour bid by a regional organisation to convince the US to forgo plans to invade and occupy Iraq.

The meeting of the 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) comes soon after those of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab League, and summit organisers here say the outcome of the Doha talks is likely to mirror resolutions adopted at the two previous gatherings.

The Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab League have expressed strong opposition to US and British plans to attack Iraq while at the same time pressing Baghdad to comply with UN disarmament demands.