Iranian Envoy: "Iraq is an occupied country and the occupation brought terrorism into Iraq."

[ProSense]

Iran envoy says US overriding Iraq sovereignty

by Jacques Charmelot Sat Sep 22, 10:17 AM ET

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iran's ambassador to Iraq accused the United States on Saturday of going against the wishes of Baghdad in seizing a national from a northern hotel and of riding roughshod over Iraqi sovereignty.

In an interview with AFP, ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi also roundly rejected US accusations that Iran was undermining its neighbour's security insisting that, compared with Iraq's borders with US allies Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the frontier with Iran was a model of security.

<...>

"Iraq is an occupied country and the occupation brought terrorism into Iraq. America opened the borders and gave an opportunity to terrorists to enter Iraq and to criminals of the past regime to return," he said.

The envoy accused the US military of ignoring the wishes of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad in working with two Sunni Arab insurgent groups -- the Islamic Army and the Brigades of the 1920 Revolution.

"This has been done against the will of the Iraqi government," he said.

more

Kurds denounce U.S. detention of Iranian

[Bluerthanblue]

1. can't wait

to see how this is spun.


He's right- but does it matter?

[PDJane]

2. Yeah, and this is a surpise to anyone?

It's an illegal occupation, and the US is fighting civilians....and contaminating the land and air and water while at it.

Oh, yeah, add to the toll the greenhouse gasses from the war machines. What a useless, stupid, utterly degenerate way to run a world.

Ok, rant over for the time being.

[Mnemosyne]

3. Good rant Jane! And the point you make about our military fighting

civilians in Iraq needs to be stressed and driven home much more.