Baghdad - US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad Monday on a surprise visit on the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of the Arab country. Cheney was expected to hold talks with Iraqi and US diplomatic and military officials in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, according to the US embassy in Baghdad.
The vice-president, whose last visit to Iraq was in May 2007, made Baghdad the first leg of a 10-day regional tour instead of Oman after a sudden change in the schedule.
During the regional tour, which will also include Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank and Turkey, he will seek to enlist Arab support for US policy in Iraq.
He is expected to ask the Saudis to open an embassy in Iraq.
