Iran’s FM says reported US plans to build up forces near Iraq lack ‘prudence’

[The Northerner]

BAGHDAD — Iran’s top diplomat on Monday bitingly questioned reported U.S. plans to build up American military forces across Mideast countries after withdrawing from Iraq, calling on Washington to be “more prudent and wise” or risk more unrest in the region.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi also dismissed American concerns about Iranian meddling in Iraq after U.S. troops pull out at the end of December.

Those worries were a main motivation of failed U.S. efforts to leave at least several thousand American troops in Iraq beyond the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline.

“Iraq does not need anyone to meddle in its internal affairs,” Salehi told reporters in Baghdad, where he was meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. “Iraqis know better than anyone else how to run their country.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/irans-fm-says-reported-us-plans-to-build-up-forces-near-iraq-lack-prudence/2011/10/31/gIQANgptYM_story.html

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