Iran tells PM Maliki it is helping secure Iraq

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Source: reuters




Iran tells PM Maliki it is helping secure Iraq

By Edmund Blair 31 minutes ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran told Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday it was helping establish security in Iraq, where the U.S. military accuses Tehran of fomenting instability by training and supplying militants.


Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in Iran for talks with senior officials, is facing mounting pressure to secure a power sharing deal among Iraq's warring sects before a U.S. report in September on strategy there.

But his government is crumbling, with almost half the cabinet ministers quitting or boycotting meetings, and the death toll from sectarian killings steadily climbing.

Iran, with a majority of Shi'ite Muslims like Iraq, has been an important political player there since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Tehran denies Washington's accusations that it is stoking violence, and instead blames the U.S. occupation.

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1. They're going to forge an alliance (if they haven't done so already) and

we're going to be fighting a proxy war for some time to come. And then we're going to arm the Saudis and Israel to deter the expanded Iranian/Shia influence. There is just no end to this fun.