Iran and Iraq Agree Defense Pact On The 1980’s Iran Iraq War
Tehran, 10 June 2008 (Reuters) - Iran and Iraq agreed to boost defence cooperation during a visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Tehran on Monday, Iran’s official IRNA news agency said, giving few details on the content of the agreement.
Iran’s Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar signed a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation with his Iraqi counterpart, Abdul Qader Jassim, IRNA said.
Mine clearance and the search for soldiers missing in action would be part of the planned cooperation, it said.
The two majority Shi’ite Muslim countries fought an eight-year war in the 1980s, in which 1 million people were killed, but ties have improved since Sunni Arab strongman Saddam Hussein was ousted in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
”The two parties, stressing the importance of defence cooperation in the balanced expansion of ties … called for development of this sort of cooperation with the aim of strengthening peace and stability in the region,” IRNA said.
Earlier on Monday, Iran’s supreme leader told Maliki that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq was the biggest obstacle to its development as a united country.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hit out at the ”occupiers” in Iraq at a time when Baghdad is negotiating with the United States on a new agreement aimed at giving a legal basis for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after Dec. 31, when their U.N. mandate expires.
Iran blames the presence of U.S. troops for the violence that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq five years ago.
The United States accuses Iran of arming, training and funding Shi’ite militias in Iraq. Tehran denies the charge.
SHITTE!
June 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pmWell fuck you Maliki! We come over there and set the people free with 4,000 American lives and untold amount of treasure just for the new government there to cozy up to another one of our enemies. and should be Iraqs enemy for that matter since Iran is behind about 80% of the trouble that was there.
this should piss everyone off
June 10th, 2008 at 12:57 pmA peace agreement between two neighbouring countries is not a bad thing, especially because it gives Iraq more leverage over Iran to stop sending terrorists into Iraq.
Irans supreme leader however can go fuck a pig. The US liberated Iraq from Saddam, something his POS country failed to do after 8 years of major combat operations. The only thing that stopped the collapse of Iraq from because of meddling by Iran, Syria and al-Qaida was the stabilizing presence of the US.
Peace between Iran and Iraq will hasten the collapse of Irans theocracy by pro-democracy dissident in Iran
June 10th, 2008 at 1:09 pmIn the words of Vito Corleone, “Keep you friends close, keep your enemies even closer”
June 10th, 2008 at 1:11 pmSOC
In the words of Vito Corleone, “Keep you friends close, keep your enemies even closer”
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HA! You got that right
June 10th, 2008 at 1:20 pmMaliki is an old Iranian Shiite. Watch him. He spent years in Iran.
This is the threat posed by Iran.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:34 pm