Posted on 11/29/2006 8:28:12 PM PST by freedomdefender
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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Tehran is believed to back some of the Shiite militias blamed in the vicious sectarian killings that have thrown the country into chaos. The United States has said the Iraqi government should press Iran to stop interfering in its affairs in a bid to calm the violence.
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.
Talabani gave no details on the security agreement with Iran, and Ahmadinejad made no mention of any deal at a joint press conference in Tehran.
"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."
It was not clear if Talabani's comments reflected an agreement by Tehran to try to rein in Shiite militias. Most of the militias are run by political parties that are a powerful part of the coalition government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He has resisted U.S. pressure to crack down on the militias.
Ahmadinejad repeated his calls for the United States to withdraw its forces from Iraq.
"I advise you to leave Iraq," he said, addressing the Americans. "Based on a timetable, transfer the responsibilities to Iraqi government. This will agree to your interests, too."
He urged countries to stop backing militants in Iraq, saying, "supporting terrorists is the ugliest act that they can do." He did not specify which countries he was referring to.
Ahmadinejad said "extremists should be dismissed (from the Iraqi government) no matter to which group and ethnicity they belong to. This is the only way to salvation."
"Enemies of Iraq are trying to create differences and extend hostility among the Iraqi people," he said.
The United States accuses Iran and its ally Syria of stirring up violence in Iraq. Tehran denies this, saying it seeks calm in its neighbor and that an end to the bloodshed can only come when U.S. forces withdraw.
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.
Talabani and Ahmadinejad attended a ceremony for the signing of two memorandums of understanding for cooperation in education and industry.
Ahmadinejad vowed that Iran "will stand by its Iraqi brothers," saying "no one can divide nations of Iran and Iraq."
I don't believe Bush will leave office before bombing Iran, the common denominator of all the ME and Islamofascist problems. That will take the wind out of the ba$tards sails.
Other Sunni Muslim countries are not one country. In fact, most of them dislike each other.
Kind of like France and Germany agreeing on a security plan in 1939? Wonder if the libs loved that one too?
I know you have offered your confidence in this President before. I have always believed in him and his will to protect and defend this nation. He is up against so much resistence and political ill-will that sometimes I wonder. Thanks you, "melancholy", for your informed and upbeat confidence!!
Nancee
I hope you will be correct, but I don't see it happening short of a US domestic terror attack directly linked to Tehran. Israel will likely take care of this before the US does it. Alot can happen before the next inauguration day in January 2009, but all I really see coming is Ahmadnutjob's power increasing in the region during the next two years.
You see, if an attack happens on US soil, God Forbid, the MSM will start the same rumors that was leveled against FDR, "he knew about Pearle Harbor and let happen to get us in WW II!!!) Therefore, it's a no win situation because we have a very substantial fifth column. AND, suppose for the sake of argument it doesn't happen, do we let Iran get the bomb, kill us in Iraq, foment civil war in Lebanon, Hezbollah, hamas...?
With all due respect, Israel doesn't have the capability to conduct an air war on Iran for weeks. They may be able to take the reactor out and that's it.
If this happens, we're going to be accused of helping and with the predictable uproar and stoppage; the job isn't finished.
We've got to do it and take Iran's power completely and thoroughly. As a result, Ahmadinejad may very well be history.
Who said this (I cannot remember):
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."? History DOES repeat itself and King Solomon said:
"That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So, there is nothing new under the sun."*
Nancee
* New American Standard Bible, pps. 635, 636
how does this "security agreement" make anyone more secure?
Or Outer Limits.
Well, our soldiers (and Marines) gave their blood for Iraqis' freedom and right to vote. They voted this guy in. I hope they change their minds soon.
I hope and trust you're not hoping that happens?
I am certainly not hoping that happens!!! I do believe however, that we are going to HAVE to bomb Iran B-E-F-O-R-E anything like that happens. I see such an action (US bombing of Iran) as a preemption of "...US domestic terror attacks...", and not an afterthought or a reaction. We need to prevent any further terrorist attacks by riding this world of Ahmadinejad and his Iran, and in my opinion, we need to do it yesterday!
I did not mean to upset anyone. This is simply my informed opinion.
Nancee
LOL
Nancee
I as well hope that we rid the world of Ahmadinejad, by the quickest means possible, and if it happens tonight, I'm ok with that, world opinion/msm/Nancy Pelosi/Charley Rangel/insert_liberal_democrat_here be damned.
I'm with you! All those characters you mentioned have all contributed to the dangers we face. They'll be the first ones to condemn any reasonable action we might still have the intestinal fortitude to execute.
Nancee
Yeah, the law firm of Rangel, Dangel, Dingell & Bungle and their enforcer Henry Whacksman can have the Out-House but we still have the veto!
You forgot to add: and Ahmadinejad is lhao.
Tehran, Nov 29, IRNA
Iran-Iraq-Regional Peace
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Wednesday that a powerful Iraq and Iran would serve regional peace and security.
Addressing the Iraqi nation in a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani, he said the Iranian government, as before, strongly stands by Iraqi nation and intends to put all its experiences and knowledge at the disposal of Iraqi nation.
Describing Iraq as a nation with deep-rooted civilization, he said the enemies of Iraq are determined to weaken the country and prevent formation of a powerful Iraq and seek to sow the seeds of discord and enmity.
"We all should strive to forge unity among Iraqi nation," he said.
Addressing the Iraqi nation, he said that the country's hardliners intentionally or unintentionally take actions which would harm the unity of the country. He called on the people to advise them first and if they refuse, to agree to oust them.
Talabani was earlier in Iran after the downfall of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the establishment of a new government in the country.
As head of the Iraqi transitional government, Talabani paid his second visit to Iran on November 21, 2005 at the head of a politico-economic delegation.
Iran and Iraq have expanded ties and cooperation in various fields in recent years.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on promoting political and economic ties and the reconstruction of Iraq during a visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Tehran in September.
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0611291883194711.htm
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, kiss before Talabani's official departure ceremony, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Hey I've got a great idea. Let's do it again in a neighboring nation. Seeing how it all worked so well this time.....
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