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Sat 03 Mar 2007Iraq to warn on abuse of meeting by US, IranIRAN:Iraq will urge Iran and the United States not to use Iraq as a playing field to settle their scores when the three countries meet at a regional conference in Baghdad today, Iraq's foreign minister said yesterday.Iraq has called the meeting to enlist support in stopping a slide into full-scale civil war, but it is being closely watched as a rare opportunity for officials from Washington and Tehran to meet at a time of tension over Iran's nuclear ambitions.