Iraq, Iran Reach Agreement on Security

[Purveyor]

(11-29) 10:25 PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --


Iraq's president said Wednesday he had reached a security agreement with Iran, which the United States accuses of fueling the chaos in the war-torn country. Iran's president called on countries to stop backing "terrorists" in Iraq and for the Americans to withdraw.

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Presidents Jalal Talabani of Iraq and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran held talks Wednesday hours before U.S. President George W. Bush was due to meet with the Iraqi prime minister in Jordan in talks aimed at finding a solution to Iraq's spiraling bloodshed.

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"We discussed in the fields of security, economy, oil and industry. Our agreement was complete," Talabani told reporters. "This visit was 100 percent successful. Its result will appear soon."

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Al-Maliki and Talabani both have longtime ties with Iran. The Iraqi president has been in Iran the past three days, meeting Ahmadinejad and the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Ahmadinejad vowed that Iran "will stand by its Iraqi brothers," saying "no one can divide nations of Iran and Iraq."

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[VegasWolf]

1. Next they will be telling Cheney/Bush hands off their oil. nt

[BushOut06]

2. That makes so much sense, it's incredible

Two neighboring nations agreeing to help each other? Oh, the horror!

Guess we'll have to invade Iran now.

[lovuian]

6. Here is the irony they thought they would control Iraq

and now Iran does

Iran has to be smiling right now...

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Chalabi is smiling too

all the way to the bank.

[Strelnikov_]

7. Actually, We Probably Are In The Opening Stages Of War With Iran

- Talk of withdrawing from Anbar.
- Talk of siding with Sunni's against Shia militias.

Looks like the war with Iran is starting like most wars, under the table and sideways.

[Botany]

3. And at the same time Maliki blows off his meeting with bush?

This not just one of those things .... this is connected big time.

So Iraq and Iran are now one big happy family (not counting the Sunnis
and Kurds).

Man has bush screwed the pooch.

[Skink]

4. If Iran gives Iraq nuclear technology what do we do?

[oblivious]

5. Economic sanctions. That'll scare them into submission.

For example the US could ban the sale of iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters to Iran and Iraq. Why they'll be on their knees in no time.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2634025

[Disturbed]

8. Uh. I am confused. I thought that the US Troops were fighting

against the Sunni Insurgency. If that is the case, isn't the US helping Iran?

[KansDem]

9. Well, then Bush goes before the UN and says Iraq is pursuing WMDs...

Then we invade (again) and do the whole "shock and awe" thing (again), then

1) We re-rescue Jessica Lynch
2) We re-topple a Saddam statue
3) We re-find Saddam in a hole
4) Bush does his "Mission Accomplished...Again" aircraft landing.

And here are leaked excerpts from his 2007 SOTU:

Again, our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent...really, I'm not lying this time. In such quantities, these chemical agents could also kill untold thousands. He's not accounted for these materials. He has given no evidence that he has destroyed them...again, really...I mean it.

U.S. intelligence indicates again that Saddam Hussein had upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents...really. You believe me now, don't you?. Inspectors recently turned up 16 of them -- despite Iraq's recent declaration denying their existence. Saddam Hussein has not accounted for the remaining 29,984 of these prohibited munitions. Again, he's given no evidence that he has destroyed them...you gotta believe me this time!.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in the 1990s that Saddam Hussein had an advanced nuclear weapons development program...I mean, they really have one now, had a design for a nuclear weapon and was working on five different methods of enriching uranium for a bomb...really...I'm not making this up. The British government has learned one more time that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa...no Plame thing this time...honest!. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production. Saddam Hussein has not credibly explained these activities. He clearly has much to hide...I know I said this in the 2003 SOTU address, but this time I really mean it! Really, I do!

Again the dictator of Iraq is not disarming...really. To the contrary; he is deceiving...but not like me...I'm really telling the truth this time. From intelligence sources we know, for instance, that thousands of Iraqi security personnel are at work hiding documents and materials from the U.N. inspectors, sanitizing inspection sites and monitoring the inspectors themselves. Iraqi officials accompany the inspectors in order to intimidate witnesses...you have to believe me this time!

[Zhade]

10. Again? They already had one, made it a couple of years ago.

NT!

[BootinUp]

12. Of course Iran wants peace...

after the US leaves anyways...