Disrespectful snaps of note:

On Sunday, Iraq's interior minister reacted angrily to complaints by the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al Faisal, about Iranian influence in Baghdad. Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, a Shiite, declared that Iraq was "the cradle of civilization" and should not be lectured "by a Bedouin riding a camel."

Jabr also took a swipe at Saudi Arabia's Sunni monarchy for ruling like a dictatorship and "naming a whole country after a family."

That's not the way to win friends and influence people, pal. And I suspect there's no point in even asking guys like Jabr to be nice because his neighbors see helping Iraq as helping the USofA in an effort the really see as illegitimate and a threat to their own sovreignity.

Anyway... 

U.S. Seeks Support for Baghdad
Diplomats are asking leaders of neighboring Arab countries to persuade Iraq's Sunnis to join the fledgling democratic process.,br>By Paul Richter, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have begun a new diplomatic initiative in the Middle East, shuttling among Arab capitals to press Iraq's nervous Sunni Muslim neighbors to step up their cooperation with the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad.

With a referendum on Iraq's draft constitution approaching, the U.S. officials have been urging Sunni-led governments to use their influence to persuade Iraq's Sunnis to take part in the democratic process. The visiting U.S. officials, who include State Department Iraq advisor James Jeffrey and Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, also have been encouraging the governments to increase diplomatic support and financial aid to Baghdad.