Most of them will be stationed near the airport, the major highways and hotels and the already heavily fortified Green Zone. The influential Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr banned his followers from staging any demonstrations during the summit. Thousands of people attended earlier marches against the Saudi intervention in Bahrain's uprising and it is feared that such scenes will embarrass the Iraqi government as well as guests at the conference. The heavy security preparations appeared to have paid off, as there was a single suicide attack in Baghdad on March 27 that left one person dead and four injured. Two days later three rockets were fired towards the Green Zone as foreign dignitaries and nine heads of state were preparing for discussions inside the Republican Palace. One of the missiles landed near the Iranian embassy, breaking windows, but inflicting no casualties. Attendance Arab League representatives Algeria - low-level delegation Bahrain - low-level delegation Comoros - President Ikililou Dhoinine Djibouti - President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Egypt - low-level delegation Iraq - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki & President Jalal Talabani Jordan - low-level delegation Kuwait - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Lebanon - President Michel Sulaiman Libya - Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil Mauritania - President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Morocco - low-level delegation Oman - low-level delegation State of Palestine - President of the PNA Mahmoud Abbas Qatar - low-level delegation Saudi Arabia - Ambassador to the Arab League & Egypt Ahmed Qatan Somalia - President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Sudan - President Omar al-Bashir Tunisia - President Moncef Marzouki United Arab Emirates - low-level delegation Yemen - low-level delegation Other participants United Nations - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Arab League - Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby United Nations \ Arab League Special Envoy on Syria - Kofi Annan External links Official website (in Arabic) References 2012 Arab League summit 2012 in Iraq 21st-century diplomatic conferences (MENA) 2012 in international relations 2012 conferences Diplomatic conferences in Iraq 2010s in Baghdad March 2012 events in Asia March 2012 events in Iraq