Iraq, Mideast Democracy Topics at G8 Summit

By Alex Chadwick,

Jim Zarroli

Published June 9, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Jim Zarroli talks to NPR's Alex Chadwick about the Group of Eight summit in Sea Island, a resort community on Georgia's Atlantic coast. Topics under discussion Wednesday include Iraq and the future of democracy in the Middle East.

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