Ahmadinejad visits Iraq (in English)

NinaT · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 05:33 PM

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since the Islamic Revolution and was received warmly by Iraq's political leadership.

http://irannegah.com/Video.aspx?id=506

JMS · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 05:47 PM

iran and iraq buddies?

Zach · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 05:51 PM

Prospecting the future puppet state, eh?

justabubba · #4 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach

Prospecting the future puppet state, eh?

we opened the door to this

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Iran has emerged as one of the great beneficiaries of the U.S.-led war to overthrow Iraq's Saddam Hussein regime. The irony of this development is clear: Iran was placed on an “Axis of Evil”—along with Iraq and North Korea—by President Bush in January 2002. One justification for the U.S. war against Iraq was the Hussein regime's presumed weapons of mass destruction and its linkages to al Qaeda and the broader threat of radical terrorism. Yet Iraq's new political elite has established close ties with the Iranian regime, which is still regarded by the Bush administration as the world's number-one state sponsor of terrorism and a country determined to pursue weapons of mass destruction. Iran's influence in Iraq is now greater than it has been for decades:

[emphasis added]
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr156.html
that article is dated november 2005 and it remains current

anyone notice the degree of diplomatic activity our state department had during this visit? we were either excluded or we chose to be

dotwhat · #5 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008, 04:57 AM

I believe this is only the beginning for Iran to swallow Iraq.

AmusedToDeath · #6 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008, 05:08 AM

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I believe this is only the beginning for Iran to swallow Iraq.

Or USA to swallow Iran

dotwhat · #7 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AmusedToDeath

Or USA to swallow Iran

it might be possible but Iran is not Iraq. So far, the us has not face much difficulties with shias but if the us attacks iran she will loose alot in iraq as well in afghnistan

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