From: Adam Flinton 

Steve Ewing wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:39:43 -0400, Adam Flinton
>   wrote:
>
>>  Iran just loves Saddam. Oh the mass gassing, oh the scuds raining
>> down  on their cities, oh the hundreds of thousands of dead, oh the
>> years &  years of war mmmmmm that's the way to win friends.
>
>
> Well, not so fast, Adam:
>

I ama aware of this. You will note how above I stated:

"Iran just loves Saddam."

Iran & a Shia dominated Iraq will be close.


Adam

> http://www.needlenose.com/node/view/1614
> (from the FT):
> ===
> Former foes Iraq and Iran announced “a new chapter” in their relations
> on  Thursday, including cross-border military co-operation, dismissing
> US  concerns about Iranian regional meddling.
>
> On his first official visit to Tehran, Iraqi minister of defence
> Saadoun  al-Dulaimi asserted his country's sovereign right to seek help
> from  wherever it sees fit in rebuilding its defence capabilities.
>
> “Nobody can dictate to Iraq its relations with other countries,” Mr
> Dulaimi said in a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart,
> Admiral Ali Shamkhani.
>
> The two ministers said that a military co-operation agreement, now in
> the  preparation, would include Iranian help with training and upgrading
> Iraq's  reconstituted armed forces, a process so far overseen by US and
> coalition  advisers.
> ===
>

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