Has dubya Watched The News Today? Mahmoud is in Iraq!

[leftchick]

I didn't think so. He is probably being shielded from this news. Mahmoud is getting all of the pomp and circumstance while the chimp has to sneak in after dark.....



Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani hold hands during a welcome ceremony in Baghdad, Sunday, March 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad arrived Sunday in Baghdad for the first-ever trip by an Iranian president to Iraq.
(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)





Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (L) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd L) review the honour guard in Baghdad March 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since the two neighbours fought a bitter eight-year war in the 1980s that killed a million people.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)


http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL02355657


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BAGHDAD, March 2 (Reuters) - Pomp and ceremony greeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his arrival in Iraq on Sunday, the fanfare a stark contrast to the rushed and secretive visits of his bitter rival U.S. President George W. Bush.

Ahmadinejad held hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as they walked down a red carpet to the tune of their countries' national anthems, his visit the first by an Iranian president since the two neighbours fought a ruinous war in the 1980s.

His warm reception, in which he was hugged and kissed by Iraqi officials and presented with flowers by children, was Iraq's first full state welcome for any leader since the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003.





Here is the decider ......



US President George W. Bush (R) speaks during a press conference with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at Prarie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, on February 29, 2008. Bush on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he must "stop exporting terror" on the eve of the Iranian leader's first visit to Iraq.
(AFP/File/Jim Watson)

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[G_j]

1. K&R.

[Schema Thing]

2. I can't wait till the LOLcatz team gets ahold of this

I'm N ur prefectorate, diplomicizen ur Shiite.

[panader0]

3. This is a big deal

I don't think it's a bad thing, I think it will give more stability to the area. The constant mantra of the bushies about terror is mainly because we have destabilized the whole area.

[rodeodance]

4. yes it will

[FreakinDJ]

5. NoeCon policys are working well

Stupid is as stupid does

Thanks to the Forrest Gump President

[leftchick]

6. Juan Cole on bush's fantasy...

Although the US keeps accusing the Iranian government of deliberately trying to destabilize Iraq, President Talabani and PM al-Maliki steadfastly deny Washington's accusations. And, of course, it does not in fact make sense that Iran would try to topple the first friendly Shiite regime ever to come to power in Baghdad.

http://juancole.com/

[leftchick]

7. .....

Millions of Iranians come to Iraq every year on pilgrimage to holy cities like Karbala and Najaf, and Iran is funding an airport to allow them to fly into Najaf directly. The Iranian pilgrimage trade could eventually be worth billions. Iran in the past has pledged aid, including allowing Iraq to use Iranian ports for transshipping goods and outright grants of $2 bn.

Iran is likely to be a competitor in the medium to long term with the US for influence in Iraq.


http://juancole.com/